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DAY OF ATONEMENT by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "THIS DAY SUBLIME ELECT, MY GOD, TO THEE"
Last Line: TO GLORIFY THY THRONE DIVINE!
Subject(s): FASTS & FEASTS;GOD;JEWS;YOM KIPPUR; JUDAISM;

THIS day sublime elect, my God, to Thee
Is gift so grand
That on this morn of grace from sin set free,
I pleading stand
Before Thy holy dwelling place
Where light and beauty interlace.
Oh, that the priceless power were mine
To glorify Thy throne divine!



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