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Through midnight
gloom from Macedon
The cry of myriads as of one,
The voiceful silence of despair,
Is eloquent in awful prayer,
The soul�s exceeding bitter cry,
�Come o�er and help us, or we die.�
How mournfully it echoes on!
For half the earth is Macedon;
These brethren to their brethren call,
And by the Love which loved them all,
And by the whole world�s Life they cry,
�O ye that live, behold we die!�
By other sounds the world is won
Than that which wails from Macedon;
The roar of gain is round it rolled,
Or men unto themselves are sold,
And cannot list the alien cry,
�O hear and help us, lest we die!�
Yet with that cry from Macedon
The very car of Christ rolls on;
�I come; who would abide My day
In yonder wilds prepare My way;
My voice is crying in their cry;
Help ye the dying, lest ye die.�
Jesu, for men of Man the Son,
Yes, Thine the cry from Macedon;
O by the kingdom and the power
And glory of Thine advent hour,
Wake heart and will to hear their cry;
Help us to help them, lest we die!
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 8 8
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Dates:
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1871
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Bible Refs:
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Ac 16:9;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| 1890 | # 118 | | 1904 | # 524 | | 1922 | # 361 | | 1908 | # 321 | | 1917 | # 643 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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MATLOCK
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 8 8
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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1684
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 361 | Bm | | # 743 | Eb |
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