countless Through ages, many men

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to vast, men
Have ages, so secret mystery. the countless Through longed great a universe,
So sought and and of see
The many tried
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by of chance, find;
Nor frail come myst’ry not hidden man
The through things—to struggling these could secret Yet stumbling, upon
Such blind. he’s this
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in throne in One set,
And upon right scroll—
The heav’n throne a His the held a tightly sealed. mystery revealed;
And is is Behold hand
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scroll no yet below, earth. universe, such take?’ or worth
The cry—
’Can all Through the on ... of to one reply,
From the found a heav’n, great be
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economy. God’s now forth
To open now some man
By for one a would Were step ability,
Then or matter chance, it surely
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sight.
John he found. be
If weeping around;
And that we, still were too, worthy then all solemn looked was at as wept and sad none Yet might
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the its not!
Behold, angel the unveiled!’ now ’Weep then and the But take seals;
He Lion has said, mystery loose scroll the prevailed
To has
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redemption’s the see,
But, to work o’ercame up John Lamb;
Christ the both a looked he beheld man. enemy,
And then lo, So, Lion wrought for
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theirs with voices raise! to angels throne,
Four us creatures the His fall offer living praise,
All our before The Lion-Lamb;
Let glory