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ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED.
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ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED.

"The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose."—Isa. xxxv. 1.
"He hath done all things well: He maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak."—Mark vii. 37.

I strove to speak for Thee, sweet Master;
No word could I falter or frame:
My tears in my shame flowed the faster;
Dumb lips could not stammer Thy name.

Through many a night-watch I sought Thee,
My burden before Thee I spread,
And still for the blessing besought Thee:
Oh, speak, and give life to the dead

Thou knowest the soul I have sighed for,
But darker and colder it grows,
And faithless this heart Thou hast died for:
Can this desert e'er bloom as the rose?

One thought in this conflict I cherish,
It gleams 'mid Thy treasures of grace;
Thou wouldst not that any should perish:
The light, Lord, is waning apace.