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| Reader: | Summer suns are glowing over land and sea; | ||
| Cong.: | Happy light is flowing, bountiful and free! | ||
| Reader: | Everything rejoices in the mellow rays; | ||
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All earth's thousand voices swell the psalm of praise. |
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God's free mercy streameth over all the world; |
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| Cong.: | And His banner gleameth everywhere unfurled. | ||
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Broad and deep and glorious as the heaven above |
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| Cong.: | Shines in might victorious, His eternal love! | ||
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| Reader: | Who taught the bird to build her nest Of wool and hay and moss? |
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| Cong.: | Who taught her how to weave it best And lay the twigs across? |
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| Reader: | Who taught the busy bee to fly Among the sweetest flowers; |
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| Cong.: | And lay her store of honey by To last in winter's hours? |
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| Reader: | Who taught the little ant the way Its narrow hole to bore; |
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| Cong.: | And through the pleasant summer day To gather up its store? |
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| Reader: | 'Twas God who taught them all the way, And gave their little skill. |
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| Cong.: | He teaches children when they pray, To do His holy will! |
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