In ancient times

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God built a monument
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At the dawn of creation
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He hallowed and blessed
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Those moments of rest
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That day of complete veneration
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That pillar He made
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Not of stone, but of time
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The hours were sacred
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The idea divine
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And the morning stars sang
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For joy they did shine
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And shout, that first week of creation

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And lest they forget
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He made angels' food fall
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Down from the sky, on all days but one
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And He wrote it down
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For the sake of us all
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Among the ten rules on the stone
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Those rules about murder
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And stealing, and lying
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Engraving with blazing finger, defying
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Whoever in heaven or hell should endeavor
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To change the commandments He wrote

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Here is the patience of the saints
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Here are those who keep
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The commandments of God
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And the faith of Jesus

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Then came God's own Son
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To show us the way
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He hallowed that same Sabbath day
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The pure Lamb of God
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As our soil He trod
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In God's perfect will He did stay
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'Til heaven and earth
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Shall indeed pass away
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Not one dot or one dash
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Will be changed, He did say
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The apostles of old
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Kept and honored, we're told
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That same law that their Master obeyed

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For three hundred years
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After our Savior died
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And arose from the grave and ascended on high
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The Christians respected
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The law in the stone
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The one written with finger divine
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But then came the day
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Constantine was his name
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The emperor who over Rome did reign
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Tore down the old landmark
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The pillar of God
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And erected the day of the sun

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Here is the patience of the saints
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Here are those who keep
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The commandments of God
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And the faith of Jesus

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As millennia passed
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The memory of God's pillar of time
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Was slowly erased
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By the ceaseless waves of generations
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Of human traditions and days
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But God calls His people
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Out from among them
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To point to His word
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And light up the darkness
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And restore the knowledge
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Of God's special covenant
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Preserved from the dawning of time

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Lest you think that the crowds
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Can't be wrong today
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Remember the crowd
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In a land far away
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The mob who blindly
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Rejected their King
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And the pride of the priests
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And their deadly sting
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As the jealous, lying accusations they bring
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And they murder their humble Messiah

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The beast left its mark
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On the pages of time
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Pushed a heathen day
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In place of the divine
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Thought to change times and laws
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The laws that God's finger
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Engraved on the tables of stone
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Those who oppose it, it tramples and kills
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That city that sits on seven hills
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That mark it causes
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Small and great to receive
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On forehead or hand
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On thought or in deed
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It cares not whether you're really deceived
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Or just afraid, and so follow its lead

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Here is the patience of the saints
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Here are those who keep
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The commandments of God
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And the faith of Jesus

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Remember (If you love Me, keep my

commandments)
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Remember (If you love Me, keep my
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commandments)

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Remember