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Isaac Watts - Hymn 14Isaac Watts - Hymn 14
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The creation of the world. Gen. 1 "Now let a spacious world arise," Said the Creator Lord: At once th` obedient earth and skies Rose at his sovereign word. [Dark was the deep; the waters lay Confused, and drowned the land: He called the light; the new-born day Attends on his command. He bids the clouds ascend on high; The clouds ascend, and bear A wat`ry treasure to the sky, And float on softer air. The liquid element below Was gathered by his hand; The rolling seas together flow, And leave the solid land. With herbs and plants, a flowery birth, The naked globe he crowned, Ere there was rain to bless the earth, Or sun to warm the ground. Then he adorned the upper skies; Behold the sun appears; The moon and stars in order rise To make our months and years. Out of the deep th` almighty King. Did vital beings frame, The painted fowls of every wing, And fish of every name.] He gave the lion and the worm At once their wondrous birth; And grazing beasts of various form Rose from the teeming earth. Adam was framed of equal clay, Though sovereign of the rest Designed for nobler ends than they, With God`s own image blest. Thus glorious in the Maker`s eye The young creation stood; He saw the building from on high, His word pronounced it good. Lord, while the frame of nature stands, Thy praise shall fill my tongue; But the new world of grace demands A more exalted song.
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