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A UNIVERSAL PRAYER.

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"It is not Eloquence, but Earnestness."

HANNAH MORE,

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Prayer.

A UNIVERSAL PRAYER.

PRIMEVAL POWER, Almighty and Supreme, Omniscient, Omnipresent, and Eterne,

The Uncreated GOD! at whose command

Nature and Time did hand in hand arise,

And round Thee wheel a universe of worlds,

Descend! and magnify our thoughts for prayer;

Illume, expand, and purify the soul

With inward light, reflected from Thyself;

Unlock the springs of mind, and let them pour

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