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PATIENCE OF HOPE.
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Brim full my heart, dear Lord, that so
My love may overflow.

"Love Me in sinners and in saints,
In each who needs or faints."—
Lord, I will love Thee as I can
In every brother man.

"All sore, all crippled, all who ache,
Tend all for My dear sake."—
All for Thy sake, Lord: I will see
In every sufferer Thee.

"So I at last, upon My Throne
Of glory, Judge alone,
So I at last will say to thee:
Thou diddest it to Me."


PATIENCE OF HOPE.
THE flowers that bloom in sun and shade
And glitter in the dew,
  The flowers must fade.
The birds that build their nest and sing
When lovely Spring is new,
  Must soon take wing.

The sun that rises in his strength
To wake and warm the world,
  Must set at length.