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My Father, it is good for me
To trust, and not to trace;
And wait with deep humility
For thy revealing grace.

Lord! when thy way is in the sea,
And strange to mortal sense,

I love thee in the mystery,
I trust thy providence.

I cannot see the secret things
In this my dark abode;

I may not reach with earthly wings

The heights and depths of God.

So, faith and patience, wait awhile !
Not doubting; not in fear;
For soon in heaven my Father's smile
Shall render all things clear.

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Enough, that blessings undeserved
Have marked my erring track;
That, wheresoe'er my feet have swerved,
Thy chastening turned me back;

That more and more a providence
Of love is understood,

Making the springs of time and sense
Sweet with eternal good;

That death seems but a covered way
Which opens into light,
Wherein no blinded child can stray
Beyond the Father's sight.

No longer forward or behind
I look, in hope or fear,

But grateful take the good I find,
God's blessing, now and here.

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ALL as God wills! who wisely heeds To give or to withhold,

And knoweth more of all my needs

Than all my prayers have told.

To all thy people known;

A rest where pure enjoyment reigns,

And thou art loved alone;

A rest, where all our soul's desire

Is fixed on things above,

Where doubt, and pain, and fear expire, Cast out by perfect love.

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O THOU, in all thy might so far,
In all thy love so near,
Beyond the range of sun and star,
And yet beside me here :

What heart can comprehend thy name,
Or, searching, find thee out,

Who art within, a quickening Flame,
A Presence round about?

Yet though I know thee but in part,
I ask not, Lord, for more :
Enough for me to know thou art,
To love thee and adore !

Oh, sweeter than all else besides,
The tender mystery

That like a veil of shadow hides
The Light I may not see!

The works of God, above, below,
Within us and around,

Are pages in that book, to show

How God himself is found.

The glorious sky, embracing all,
Is like the Maker's love,
Wherewith encompassed, great and small

In peace and order move.

Two worlds are ours: 't is only sin
Forbids us to descry

The mystic heaven and earth within,
Plain as the sea and sky.

Thou who hast given us eyes to see

And love this sight so fair,
Give us a heart to find out thee,
And read thee everywhere. AMEN.

John Keble

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I SING the almighty power of God,
That made the mountains rise;
That spread the flowing seas abroad,
And built the lofty skies.

I sing the wisdom that ordained

The sun to rule the day;

The moon shines full at his command,
And all the stars obey.

I sing the goodness of the Lord,
That filled the earth with food;
He formed the creatures with his word,
And then pronounced them good.
Lord, how thy wonders are displayed,
Where'er I turn my eye,
If I survey the ground I tread,
Or gaze upon the sky.

There's not a plant or flower below
But makes thy glories known;
And clouds arise and tempests blow
By order from thy throne.

His hand is my perpetual guard,
He keeps me with his eye:
How should I then forget the Lord,
Who is for ever nigh?

137.

"Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us."

No mood of feeling, form of thought, Is constant for a day;

But thou, O Lord! thou changest not; The same thou art alway.

I grasp thy strength, make it mine own, My heart with peace is blest;

I lose my hold, and then comes down Darkness and cold unrest.

Let me no more my comfort draw From my frail hold of thee, — In this alone rejoice with awe; Thy mighty grasp of me.

Out of that weak unquiet drift
That comes but to depart,
To that pure heaven my spirit lift
Where thou unchanging art.

Lay hold of me with thy strong grasp,
Let thine almighty arm

In its embrace my weakness clasp,
And I shall fear no harm.

Isaac Watts.

John Campbell Shairp

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The smiles and tones that make our homes The stream that springs our thirst to bless,

The shadow of thy love;

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140. "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace."
COME, Holy Spirit, come,
And deign to dwell with me;
Come, make my heart thy home,
And bid all darkness flee.

Come, sacred Guest, oh, quickly come,
And make my heart thy lasting home.

Exert thy mighty power,
And banish all my sin;
In this auspicious hour,
Bring all thy graces in.
Come, strong Deliverer, quickly come,
And make my heart thy lasting home.

Rule thou in every thought
And passion of my soul,
Till all my powers are brought

Beneath thy full control.

Come, peaceful Conqueror, quickly come,
And make my heart thy lasting home.

Then shall my days be thine,
And all my heart be love;
And joy and peace be mine,

Such as are known above;
Come, Holy Spirit, quickly come,

And make my heart thy lasting home. AMEN. Andrew Reed. 1842.

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