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CHRIST CROWNED WITH THORNS.
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Yet thou hast said, thou wilt accept
Prayers offered in thy name;
That never tears in vain were wept,
If from the heart they came.
Then strike our rocky souls, O Lord,
Amid life's desert place;
Yet may their hardened depths afford
The waters of thy grace.
Low in the dust we kneel and pray,
Oh! sanctify our tears:
Till they wash every stain away
From past and guilty years.
