A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 83
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HYMN 83.
O'er the realms of pagan darkness
Let the eye of pity gaze;
See the kindreds of the people
Lost in sin's bewild'ring maze;
Darkness brooding,
On the face of all the earth.
Light of them that sit in darkness!
Rise and shine; Thy blessings bring;
Light to lighten all the Gentiles!
Rise, with healing on Thy wing;
To Thy brightness,
Let all kings and nations come.
May the heathen now adoring
Idol-gods of wood and stone,
Come, and worshiping before Him,
Serve the living God alone;
Let Thy glory,
Fill the earth as floods the sea.
Thou to whom all pow'r is given,
Speak the word:-at Thy command
Let the company of preachers
Spread Thy Name from land to land;
Lord! be with them
Always, to the end of time.