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Lord, how can man e'er preach Thy
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| 1. | Lord, how can man e'er preach Thy |
| | Word? |
| | He is brittle, crazy glass; |
| | Yet in Thy temple is conferred |
| | This glorious and transcendent place, |
| | To be window through Thy grace. |
| 2. | But when Thou dost anneal Thy story |
| | In glass, Thy life to shine within |
| | The holy preachers, light of glory |
| | More radiant grows and more doth win, |
| | Which else shows waterish, bleak, and |
| | thin. |
| 3. | The life and doctrine blent in one |
| | As light and color mingled, bring |
| | A strong regard; but speech alone |
| | Doth vanish like a flaring thing, |
| | And in the ear, not spirit ring. |