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REV. A. VINE HALL.
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LORD OF ANGELS.

Lord of angels! from the splendour
Where the hosts of light
Throng to do Thy will, Thou camest
To our sin and night.

Camest Servant of the servile;
Saviour of the lost;
Lord of angels!—Christ of Calvary!
Careless of the cost.

Boundless love! sublime compassion!
Gazing at Thy cross
Some have scorned the world's ambitions,
Held its gain but loss.

Teach us all to know more nearly
What Thy grief and love,
What our bitter need which drew Thee
From the bliss above.

That our hearts with true devotion
May be Thine to-day,
And our lives henceforward fruitful,
In good works alway.

Rev. A. Vine Hall.