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A memorial volume of sacred poetry

by the late Sir John Bowring. To which is prefixed, a memoir of the author, by Lady Bowring

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Trust in God.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Trust in God.

“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.”

Is life a stormy, painful road?
Short will your journey be;
Mourn not! and as ye believe in God—
Believe in me.
Severe His disciplining rod?
'Tis wise severity:
Faint not! and as ye believe in God—
Believe in me.
All is dependent on His nod,
The God of Nature He;
Sigh not! and as ye believe in God—
Believe in me.

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Soon with the valley's clayey clod
Commingled ye will be;
Fear not! and as ye believe in God—
Believe in me.
For they who sleep beneath the sod
Shall wake to liberty;
Rejoice—and as ye believe in God—
Believe in me.