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EPIPHANY.

He comes to break oppression, To set the captive free; To take away transgression, And rule in equity.

He shall come down like showers Upon the fruitful earth, And joy and hope, like flowers, Spring in His path to birth: Before Him on the mountains Shall Peace, the herald, go; From hill to vale the fountains Of Righteousness o'erflow.

Kings shall bow down before Him, And gold and incense bring; All nations shall adore Him, His praise all people sing; To Him shall prayer unceasing And daily vows ascend; His kingdom still increasing, A kingdom without end.

O'er every foe victorious

He on His throne shall rest; From age to age more glorious, All- blessing and all- blessed: The tide of time shall never His covenant remove; His Name shall stand for ever,

His changeless Name of Love. Amen.