A glory in the Word we find

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A glory in the Word we find

Tune: ORTONVILLE
Published in 17 hymnals

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1 A glory in the word we find
When grace restores our sight;
But sin has darkened all the mind,
And vail'd the heav'nly light.
And vail'd the heav'nly light.

2 When God's own Spirit clears our view,
How bright the doctrines shine!
Their holy fruits and sweetness show
The author is divine.
The author is divine.

3 How blest are we, with open face
To view thy glory, Lord,
And all thy image here to trace,
Reflected in thy word!
Reflected in thy word!

4 O teach us, as we look, to grow
In holiness and love,
That we may long to see and know
Thy glorious face above.
Thy glorious face above.

Source: Christ in Song: for all religious services nearly one thousand best gospel hymns, new and old with responsive scripture readings (Rev. and Enl.) #362

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First Line:	A glory in the Word we find
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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A glory in the word we find. [Holy Scriptures.] A cento given in J. Campbells Comprehensive Hymn Book, London, 1837, No. 837, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, from whence it has passed, unaltered, into a few American hymnals. A part of this cento is from W. Hurn's Collection, 3rd ed., 1833, No. 435. It is not in common use in Great Britain. [William T. Brooke]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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