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Hymn: O'er the gloomy hills of darkness (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: O'er the gloomy hills of darkness

Topic: Public Worship/Closing

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: S Pond

Meter: 8s 7s and 4s

Tune: Siberia

Hymn Number: 553

Page Number: 199, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

O'er the gloomy hills of darkness,

Look, my soul; be still and gaze;

All the promises do travail

With a glorious day of grace:

Blessed Jubilee,

Let thy glorious morning dawn.



Let the Indian, let the negro,

Let the rude barbarian see

That divine and glorious conquest

Once obtained on Calvary:

Let the gospel

Loud resound from pole to pole.



Kingdoms wide that sit in darkness,

Grant them, Lord, the glorious light:

And, from eastern coast to western,

May the morning chase the night!

And redemption,

Freely purchased, win the day.



Fly abroad, thou mighty gospel!

Win and conquer! never cease!

May thy lasting, wide dominion

Multiply and still increase!

Sway thy scepter,

Savior, all the world around.