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HYMNS.
Let heav'n arise, let earth appear;
Said the Almighty Lord;
The heav’n arose, the earth appear’d.
At his creating word.
Thick darkness brooded o’er the deep,
God said, “Let there be light;”
The light shone forth with smiling ray,
And scattered ancient night.
He bade the clouds ascend on high;
The clouds ascend, and bear
A wat’ry treasure to the sky,
And float upon the air.
The liquid element below
Was gathered by his hand;
The rolling seas together flow,
And leave the solid laud.
With herbs, and plants, and fruitful trees,
The new-formed globe he crown’d;
Ere there was rain to bless the soil,
Or sun to warm the ground.
