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Matt. 13:8.
God of the prophets’ power!
God of the gospel’s sound!
Move glorious on—send out thy voice
To all the nations round.
2 With hearts and lips unfeigned,
We bless thee for thy word;
We praise thee for the joyful news,
Which our glad ears have heard.
3 O may we treasure well
The counsels that we hear,
Till righteousness and holy joy
In all our hearts appear.
4 Water the sacred seed,
And give it large increase;
May neither fowls, nor rocks, nor thorns,
Prevent the fruits of peace.
5 And though we sow in tears,
Our souls at last shall come,
And gather in our sheaves with joy,
At heaven’s great harvest-home.