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| A SINGLE light is kindled and it glows | |
| Upon the darkness with a golden ray— | |
| A little feeble light, but yet it shows | |
| The night has still a fraction of the day. | |
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| The single light has grown to two; | 5 |
| The friend has won a friend, the light | |
| Has warmed another heart, and through | |
| One fervor, two now pierce the night. | |
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| The double light has grown to three, | |
| That brilliantly illumes the eve; | 10 |
| Thus ever shall bright constancy | |
| The fruits of faithfulness receive! | |
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| Three little lights have grown to four; | |
| How softly, sweetly do they shine. | |
| Their grace on all dark places pour | 15 |
| A reflex of the light divine! | |
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| Behold, the lights have grown to five! | |
| So courage grows in hearts that trust | |
| God’s mercy, who will keep alive | |
| His children, though they be but dust. | 20 |
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| At last, the wondrous lights are eight, | |
| To six the little lamps have grown; | |
| In happy company they shed | |
| Their brightness. None need stand alone | |
| Who by the light of God are led. | 25 |
| Thus shall God’s purpose reach its goal. | |
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| Anon, the lights have grown to seven, | |
| Behold, the night is as the day! | |
| So can this earth grow like to Heaven, | |
| If men will walk in Heaven’s way. | 30 |
| He lifts man from his low estate | |
| And breathes new hope into his soul. | |
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