Yet would we have it otherwise, knowing the Father's plan?
Ah! no, rather let us endure the heat and burning.
So at the last, we may feel
The true warmth of perfect, peaceful joy returning.
Ah! no, rather let us endure the heat and burning.
So at the last, we may feel
The true warmth of perfect, peaceful joy returning.
We know, we understand, the faintest wish or sigh,
That oft escapes in the purifying flame,
But when tis done, all glory be
To Him who is our Sun.
That oft escapes in the purifying flame,
But when tis done, all glory be
To Him who is our Sun.
To be more like the perfect man and feel, the more His perfect life
In ours, repays the past and present joys and pain,
To know that in the end twill all be gain,
The heavenly home, the palm stamped with the Father's name.
In ours, repays the past and present joys and pain,
To know that in the end twill all be gain,
The heavenly home, the palm stamped with the Father's name.
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