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THE PRAYER VESSEL.
He guards thy love-sent vessel,
And rich He counts thy store;
Thy cargo bears no sorrow
Back from the unseen shore.
And rich He counts thy store;
Thy cargo bears no sorrow
Back from the unseen shore.
Thy wealth upon the waters
Cast thou, and tremble not;
In angel habitations
No prayer will be forgot:
So speed—speed for thy vessel
Upon the trackless main!
The breeze that wafts thy treasures
Will blessings brine; again.
Cast thou, and tremble not;
In angel habitations
No prayer will be forgot:
So speed—speed for thy vessel
Upon the trackless main!
The breeze that wafts thy treasures
Will blessings brine; again.
When from the safe "hereafter"
Thou ponderest o'er the past,
Thou'lt own Who ruled the waters
On which thy bread was cast;
For never yet confounded,
Since flowed time's changeful flood,
Was the merchantman who trusted
His goodly store to God.
Thou ponderest o'er the past,
Thou'lt own Who ruled the waters
On which thy bread was cast;
For never yet confounded,
Since flowed time's changeful flood,
Was the merchantman who trusted
His goodly store to God.
