SELF-COMMUNION.
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It asked for light, and it is heard;
God grants that struggling soul repose
And, guided by his holy word,
It wiser than its teachers grows.
It gains the upward path at length,
And passes on from strength to strength,
Leaning on Heaven the while:
Night’s shades departing one by one,
It sees at last the rising sun,
And feels his cheering smile.
It all its darkness and distress
For light it sought, to God it cried;
And through the pathless wilderness,
God grants that struggling soul repose
And, guided by his holy word,
It wiser than its teachers grows.
It gains the upward path at length,
And passes on from strength to strength,
Leaning on Heaven the while:
Night’s shades departing one by one,
It sees at last the rising sun,
And feels his cheering smile.
It all its darkness and distress
For light it sought, to God it cried;
And through the pathless wilderness,
