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poems.
Of gratitude the kindling soul inspire,
And wake to life love's never-dying fire?
And wake to life love's never-dying fire?
On Sinai's awful mount,
Mid flame and smoke Thy statutes were revealed.
Thy Son a milder, brighter covenant sealed.
Of that unsullied fount,
Whence living waters pure and priceless flow,
Earth's weary pilgrims e'en can taste below.
Mid flame and smoke Thy statutes were revealed.
Thy Son a milder, brighter covenant sealed.
Of that unsullied fount,
Whence living waters pure and priceless flow,
Earth's weary pilgrims e'en can taste below.
Our Father! Thou whose care,
In sun or shade, is still around our way,
To soothe and bless at morn and close of day,
Thou wilt not spurn our prayer.
O! wilt thou not Thy breathing influence shed,
While here our weary, wandering footsteps tread?
In sun or shade, is still around our way,
To soothe and bless at morn and close of day,
Thou wilt not spurn our prayer.
O! wilt thou not Thy breathing influence shed,
While here our weary, wandering footsteps tread?
O! may our wishes soar
Far, far above earth's varied care and strife,
To Thee, the Source Supreme of light and life.
So may our souls adore,
As bending low at Thine eternal shrine,
Our hearts, our homage, and our wills are Thine.
Far, far above earth's varied care and strife,
To Thee, the Source Supreme of light and life.
So may our souls adore,
As bending low at Thine eternal shrine,
Our hearts, our homage, and our wills are Thine.
