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The Light And Glory Of The Word.

By William Cowper

Topics: classic

The Spirit breathes upon the Word,     And brings the truth to sight;     Precepts and promises afford     A sanctifying light.     A glory gilds the sacred page,     Majestic like the sun;     It gives a light to every age,     It gives, but borrows none.     The hand that gave it still supplies     The gracious light and heat:     His truths upon the nations rise,     They rise, but never set.     Let everlasting thanks be thine,     For such a bright display,     As makes a world of darkness shine     With beams of heavenly day.     My soul rejoices to pursue     The steps of him I love,     Till glory breaks upon my view     In brighter worlds above.

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About William Cowper

William Cowper (1731–1800) was an English poet and hymnodist whose work bridges the gap between the Augustan age and Romanticism. His poems "The Task" and "John Gilpin" were enormously popular, and his hymn "God Moves in a Mysterious Way" remains widely sung.

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