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... , Not in visions of the night , Not in flashes of quick fancy , Darkness sown with gleams of light , But with calm untroubled survey , As a builder knows his plan , Face to face he knew Jehovah And His wondrous ways 10 A SONG OF HEROES .
... , Not in visions of the night , Not in flashes of quick fancy , Darkness sown with gleams of light , But with calm untroubled survey , As a builder knows his plan , Face to face he knew Jehovah And His wondrous ways 10 A SONG OF HEROES .
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... in God . But not all might thole his teaching ; Weak eyes shrink when light is nigh , Many love the dear delusion That lends glory to a lie . ' Mid the throng of gaping listeners , Idle danglers 26 A SONG OF HEROES .
... in God . But not all might thole his teaching ; Weak eyes shrink when light is nigh , Many love the dear delusion That lends glory to a lie . ' Mid the throng of gaping listeners , Idle danglers 26 A SONG OF HEROES .
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... light their dark dominion ; In the far Galwegian outland Rose the pure white shrine of Ninian . Like the coming of the swallows , When sweet showers uncoil the fern , Came a host of God - sent teachers , Serf , Palladius , Kentigern ...
... light their dark dominion ; In the far Galwegian outland Rose the pure white shrine of Ninian . Like the coming of the swallows , When sweet showers uncoil the fern , Came a host of God - sent teachers , Serf , Palladius , Kentigern ...
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... light that smote With blindness all the sorcerer brood . And COLUMBA , with a potent Voice like thunder rolling near , Quelled the king's obdurate stoutness With a thrill of holy fear . F For he sang a psalm that David1 Wont to sing ...
... light that smote With blindness all the sorcerer brood . And COLUMBA , with a potent Voice like thunder rolling near , Quelled the king's obdurate stoutness With a thrill of holy fear . F For he sang a psalm that David1 Wont to sing ...
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... light , And the white - smocked brethren saw it Gleaming through the hazy night . And they rushed into the holy Presence of the prayerful man , Where he lay with sideward - drooping Head , and visage pale and wan . And with gentle hands ...
... light , And the white - smocked brethren saw it Gleaming through the hazy night . And they rushed into the holy Presence of the prayerful man , Where he lay with sideward - drooping Head , and visage pale and wan . And with gentle hands ...
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