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We pray Jehovah will hear our cries,
And relieve the sons of Africa.
3. Working all day and half the night,
And up before the morning light;
Exposed to hardships, heat and cold,
And if they beg they meet with scold.
We pray Jehovah to plead our cause,
And put in force his righteous laws.
4. Their skins are dark, their hair is short:
Shall dying men make them trade and sport
In sorrow draging iron chains;
Depriv'd of all the rights of men.
O, great Redeemer, view their wrong,
And grant them aid e'er it be long.
5. But He that rides upon the storms,
Whose voice in thunder rolls along:
In his own time will make a way
To relieve the oppressed of Africa.
O, Prince of Glory be their friend!
And keep them faithful to the end.
HYMN. Long Metre.
1. Thy name, Almighty Lord,
Shall sound through distant lands;
Great is thy grace, and sure is thy word
Thy truth forever stands.
2. Far be thine honor spread,
And long thy praise endure,
Till morning light and evening shade,
Shall be exchanged no more.
HYMN 13. Common Metre.
1. La! wisdom stands with smiling face,
And courts us to her arms:
Who can resist the wondrous grace,
And slight her powerful charms!
