THE TWO SHADOWS.
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Thy hand alone can fashion
Thy costly stones to shine;
When Thou makest up Thy jewels—
No longer mine, but Thine.
Thy costly stones to shine;
When Thou makest up Thy jewels—
No longer mine, but Thine.
THE TWO SHADOWS.
"The Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. . . . But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered."—Jonah iv. 6, 7.
"A Man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land."—Isaiah xxxii. 2.
"I sat down under His shadow with great delight, and His fruit was sweet to my taste."—Sol. Song li. 3.
Lord, hide me in Thy shadow
From the east wind's withering blast,
In the secret of Thy presence,
Till the fervid noon be past.
A worm destroyed the shelter
Of the gourd Thou gavest me;
My heart is sick and drooping,
And the sun beats piteously.
From the east wind's withering blast,
In the secret of Thy presence,
Till the fervid noon be past.
A worm destroyed the shelter
Of the gourd Thou gavest me;
My heart is sick and drooping,
And the sun beats piteously.
Take me, oh, take me to Thee,
Thou Comforter divine!
My fevered hands—quick! clasp them
Thou Comforter divine!
My fevered hands—quick! clasp them
