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217 Ballstown

Words: Isaac Watts, 1719

Music: Nehemiah Shumway, 1809

Meter: Long Meter (8,8,8,8)

Great God, attend, while Zion sings
The joy that from Thy presence springs;
To spend one day with Thee on earth
Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.

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