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FATHER of lights, from whom proceeds

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      6-8s.
      1 FATHER of lights, from whom proceeds
      Whate'er thy every creature needs,
      Whose goodness, providently nigh,
      Heeds the young ravens when they cry,
      To thee I look; my heart prepare,
      Suggest, and hearken to my prayer.

      2 Since by thy light myself I see
      Naked, and poor, and void of thee,
      Thy eyes must all my thoughts survey,
      Preventing what my lips would say;
      Thou seest my wants, for help they call,
      And ere I speak thou know'st them all.

      3 Thou know'st the baseness of my mind,
      Wayward, and impotent, and blind;
      Thou know'st how unsubdued my will,
      Averse from good and prone to ill;
      Thou know'st now wide my passions rove,
      Nor checked by fear, nor charmed by love!

      4 Fain would I know, as known by thee,
      And feel the indigence I see;
      Fain would I all my vileness own,
      And deep beneath the burden groan;
      Abhor the pride that lurks within,
      Detest and loathe myself and sin.

      5 Ah! give me, Lord, myself to feel,
      My total misery reveal;
      Ah! give me, Lord (I still would say)
      A heart to mourn, a heart to pray;
      My business this, my only care,
      My life, my every breath, be prayer.

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