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Forgottenhymns: /* Lyrics from Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1891 */

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‎Lyrics from Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1891

Forgottenhymns: First hymn submission, hopefully formatting and tags okay

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First hymn submission, hopefully formatting and tags okay

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=Lyrics=
* Poet: [[Eliza R. Snow]]
* Copyright: [[Public Domain]]

==Lyrics from [[Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1891]]==

Thou, Earth, wast once a glorious sphere
Of noble magnitude
And didst with majesty appear
Among the worlds of God.

Thy dimensions have been torn
Asunder, piece by piece;
And each dismembered fragment borne
Abroad to distant space.

When Enoch could no longer stay,
Amid corruption here;
Part of thyself was borne away,
To form another sphere.

That portion where his city stood,
He gained by right approved;
And nearer to the throne of God
His planet upward moved.

And when the Lord saw fit to hide
The ten lost tribes away;
Thou, Earth, was severed to provide
The orb on which they stay.

And thus from time to time thy size
Has been diminished till,
Thou seemest the law of sacrifice
Created to fulfil.

The curse of God on man was placed;
That curse thou didst partake,
And thou hast been by turns disgraced
And honored for his sake.

The vilest wretches hell will claim,
Now breathe thy atmosphere;
The noblest spirits heaven can name,
Have been embodied here.

Lord Jesus Christ, thy surface graced;
He fell a sacrafice;
And now within thy cold embrace
Thy martyred Joseph lies.

When Satan's hosts are overcome,
The martyred princely race
Will claim thee, their celestial home-
Their royal dwelling-place.

A “Restitution” yet must come
That will to thee restore,
By that grand law of worlds thy sum
Of matter here-to-fore.

And thou, O Earth! will leave thy track
Thou hast been doomed to trace -
The Gods with shouts will bring thee back
To fill thy native place.

Also known as "An Address to Earth"
Eliza R. Snow, Millennial Star 13:272, September 1852
Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1891 ed, p. 322.

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 ==Lyrics from [[Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1891]]==
-Thou, Earth, wast once a glorious sphere
+Thou, Earth, wast once a glorious sphere<br>
-Of noble magnitude
+Of noble magnitude<br>
-And didst with majesty appear
+And didst with majesty appear<br>
-Among the worlds of God.
+Among the worlds of God.<br>
-Thy dimensions have been torn
+Thy dimensions have been torn<br>
-Asunder, piece by piece;
+Asunder, piece by piece;<br>
-And each dismembered fragment borne
+And each dismembered fragment borne<br>
-Abroad to distant space.
+Abroad to distant space.<br>
-When Enoch could no longer stay,
+When Enoch could no longer stay,<br>
-Amid corruption here;
+Amid corruption here;<br>
-Part of thyself was borne away,
+Part of thyself was borne away,<br>
-To form another sphere.
+To form another sphere.<br>
-That portion where his city stood,
+That portion where his city stood,<br>
-He gained by right approved;
+He gained by right approved;<br>
-And nearer to the throne of God
+And nearer to the throne of God<br>
-His planet upward moved.
+His planet upward moved.<br>
-And when the Lord saw fit to hide
+And when the Lord saw fit to hide<br>
-The ten lost tribes away;
+The ten lost tribes away;<br>
-Thou, Earth, was severed to provide
+Thou, Earth, was severed to provide<br>
-The orb on which they stay.
+The orb on which they stay.<br>
-And thus from time to time thy size
+And thus from time to time thy size<br>
-Has been diminished till,
+Has been diminished till,<br>
-Thou seemest the law of sacrifice
+Thou seemest the law of sacrifice<br>
-Created to fulfil.
+Created to fulfil.<br>
-The curse of God on man was placed;
+The curse of God on man was placed;<br>
-That curse thou didst partake,
+That curse thou didst partake,<br>
-And thou hast been by turns disgraced
+And thou hast been by turns disgraced<br>
-And honored for his sake.
+And honored for his sake.<br>
-The vilest wretches hell will claim,
+The vilest wretches hell will claim,<br>
-Now breathe thy atmosphere;
+Now breathe thy atmosphere;<br>
-The noblest spirits heaven can name,
+The noblest spirits heaven can name,<br>
-Have been embodied here.
+Have been embodied here.<br>
-Lord Jesus Christ, thy surface graced;
+Lord Jesus Christ, thy surface graced;<br>
-He fell a sacrafice;
+He fell a sacrifice;<br>
-And now within thy cold embrace
+And now within thy cold embrace<br>
-Thy martyred Joseph lies.
+Thy martyred Joseph lies.<br>
-When Satan's hosts are overcome,
+When Satan's hosts are overcome,<br>
-The martyred princely race
+The martyred princely race<br>
-Will claim thee, their celestial home-
+Will claim thee, their celestial home -<br>
-Their royal dwelling-place.
+Their royal dwelling-place.<br>
-A “Restitution” yet must come
+A “Restitution” yet must come<br>
-That will to thee restore,
+That will to thee restore,<br>
-By that grand law of worlds thy sum
+By that grand law of worlds thy sum<br>
-Of matter here-to-fore.
+Of matter here-to-fore.<br>
-And thou, O Earth! will leave thy track
+And thou, O Earth! will leave thy track<br>
-Thou hast been doomed to trace -
+Thou hast been doomed to trace -<br>
-The Gods with shouts will bring thee back
+The Gods with shouts will bring thee back<br>
-To fill thy native place.
+To fill thy native place.<br>
-Also known as "An Address to Earth"
+Also known as "An Address to Earth"<br>
-Eliza R. Snow, Millennial Star 13:272, September 1852
+Eliza R. Snow, Millennial Star 13:272, September 1852<br>
-Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1891 ed, p. 322.
+Sacred Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1891 ed, p. 322.<br>
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 [[category:Public Domain Lyrics]]