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DARKNESS IS THINNING by GREGORY I

First Line: DARKNESS IS THINNING; SHADOWS ARE RETREATING
Last Line: BLESSING AND GLORY!
Subject(s): PRAYER;
DARKNESS is thinning; shadows are retreating;
Morning and light are coming in their beauty;
Suppliant seek we, with an earnest outcry,
God the Almighty!
So that our Master, having mercy on us,
May repel languor, may bestow salvation,
Granting us, Father, of thy loving-kindness
Glory hereafter!
This, of his mercy, ever blessed Godhead,
Father, and Son, and Holy spirit, give us, --
Whom through the wide world celebrate forever
Blessing and glory!


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