311.  The Glory Of The Gospel

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Upon the Gospel’s sacred page
The gathered beams of ages shine;
For, as it hastens, ev’ry age
Fulfils its prophecies divine.

2
On mightier wing, in loftier flight,
From year to year the truth shall soar,
And, as it soars, its blessed light
Shall scatter darkness more and more.

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More glorious still, as centuries roll,
Shall Truth’s fair banner be unfurled,
Until in strength, from pole to pole,
Its radiance shall o’er flow the world-

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Flow to restore, but not destroy;
As when the cloudless lamp of day
Pours out its floods of light and joy,
And sweeps the ling’ring mists away.