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269 Bear Creek
Words:
Isaac Watts
, 1719
Music:
William Billings
, 1778
Meter:
Long Meter (8,8,8,8)
Lord,
when
Thou
didst
ascend
on
high,
Ten
thousand
angels
filled
the
sky;
Those
heav’nly
guards
around
Thee
wait,
Like
chariots
that
attend
Thy
state.