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HE LOVETH ME.

"Who loved me, and gave Himself for me."—Gal. ii. 20.

Whene'er my faithless footsteps stray,
I miss my Lord upon the way,
And then—how hard it is to say,
            "He loveth me."

Wild sounds the tempest in my ear,
Nor sun, nor stars, for days appear,
And yet my Jesus still is near,
            He loveth me.

All other love can soon forget;
Estranged, where once the firmest set.
Wandering and weak I am, and yet
            He loveth me.

How can I doubt Him? for my name
Is graven on His breast! He came
To bear for me my sin and shame!
            He loveth me.

Upon the Cross I see Him bleed,
Mocked with a crown and broken reed!
Made sin for me! soul, indeed
            He loveth me.