PRAISE FOR BIRTH AND EDUCATION IN
A CHRISTIAN LAND.

1 GREAT God, to thee my voice I raise;
To thee my youngest hours belong ;
I would begin my life with praise,
Till growing years improve the song.

2 ’Tis to thy sovereign grace I owe,
That I was born on British ground ;
Where streams of heavenly mercy flow,
And words of sweet. salvation sound.

8 I would not change my native land
For rich Peru with all her gold;
A nobler prize lies in my hand
Than east or western Indies hold.
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