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Text:Long Sunk In Superstition's Night
Author:Michael M. Dutt
Tune:ABERDEEN
Media:MIDI file

8255. Long Sunk In Superstition's Night

1 Long sunk in superstition’s night
By sin and Satan driven,
I saw not, cared not, for the light,
That leads the blind to Heaven.

2 I sat in darkness—reason’s eye
Was shut, was closed in me:
I hastened to eternity
O’er error’s dreadful sea.

3 But now at length Thy grace, O Lord,
Bids all around me shine:
I drink Thy sweet, Thy precious word;
I kneel before Thy shrine.

4 I’ve broke affection’s tenderest ties
For my blest Savior’s sake:
All, all I love beneath the skies
Lord, I for Thee forsake.

Text Information
First Line: Long sunk in superstition's night
Title: Long Sunk In Superstition's Night
Author: Michael M. Dutt
Meter: CM
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ABERDEEN
Meter: CM
Key: G Major
Source: Bremner's Collection, 1763
Copyright: Public Domain



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