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Christ’s Church.
Canticles 6:10.
Say, who is she that looks abroad
Like the sweet, blushing dawn,
When with her living light she paints
The dew-drops of the lawn?
2 Fair as the moon when in the skies
Serene her throne she guides,
And o’er the twinkling stars supreme
In full orbed glory rides;
3 Clear as the sun, when from the east,
Without a cloud he springs,
And scatters boundless light and heat,
From his resplendent wings.
4 Tremendous as a host that moves
Majestically slow,
With banners wide displayed, all armed,
And fearless of the foe!
5 This is the church by heaven arrayed
With strength and grace divine;
Thus shall she strike her foes with dread,
And thus her glories shine.