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L. M.
Their words to the end of the world.
Psalm 19:4.
Upon the gospel’s sacred page
The gathered beams of ages shine;
And, as it hastens, every age
But makes its brightness more divine.
2 On mightier wing, in loftier flight,
From year to year, does knowledge soar;
And, as it soars, the gospel light
Becomes effulgent more and more.
3 More glorious still, as centuries roll,
New regions blest, new powers unfurled;
Expanding with the expanding soul,
Its radiance shall o’erflow the world;
4 Flow to restore, but not destroy;
As when the cloudless lamp of day
Pours out its flood of light and joy,
And sweeps the lingering mist away.
Bowring.