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SACRED SONGS
AND
HYMNS
ON VARIOUS
PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE.
HYMN I.
The exiftence of God. Heb. xi. 6. THOU didft, Almighty God, exift
Ere time began its race, Before the ample elements
Fill'd up the voids of fpace.
2 Before the pond'rous earthly globe In fluid air was ftay'd; Before the ocean's mighty fprings Their liquid ftores diſplay'd:
3 Ere men ador'd, or angels knew Or prais'd thy wondrous name; Thy blifs, O facred Spring of Life! And glory were the ſame. A 2


