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431 New Bethany
Words:
Harriet Auber
, 1829
Music:
B. F. White, Jr
., 1870
Meter:
Long Meter (8,8,8,8)
Ere
mountains
reared
their
forms
sublime,
Or
heav’n
and
earth
in
order
stood,
Before
the
birth
of
ancient
times,
From
everlasting
Thou
art
God.