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SINGLENESS OF EYE. |
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SINGLENESS OF EYE.
“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be
single, thy whole body shall be full of light.”
—Matthew, vi. 22.
His that single eye shall be,
Who but looks to Christ alone;
Trusting through his power to see
Truths discern'd not by his own.
Who but looks to Christ alone;
Trusting through his power to see
Truths discern'd not by his own.
Not by fancy's roving sight,
Not by reason's glance of pride,
Is beheld that holier Light
Which should be the Christian's guide.
Not by reason's glance of pride,
Is beheld that holier Light
Which should be the Christian's guide.
This the aid of grace divine
Must unto the soul display;
And within the heart must shine
Its illuminating ray.
Must unto the soul display;
And within the heart must shine
Its illuminating ray.
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He who would that ray discern,—
He who would its guidance share,
Inward must his vision turn,
Wait and watch its rising there.
He who would its guidance share,
Inward must his vision turn,
Wait and watch its rising there.
Unto him it shall arise,
As the day from darkness springs,
Brighter far than morning's skies,
Bearing healing on its wings.
As the day from darkness springs,
Brighter far than morning's skies,
Bearing healing on its wings.
His shall be faith, joy, and love,
His—the arm of heavenly might;
His—the vision from above;
His—“the body full of light.”
His—the arm of heavenly might;
His—the vision from above;
His—“the body full of light.”
Such the blessings Christ will give,
Those who in his power abide,
Seeking but in Him to live
Simple-hearted, single-eyed!
Those who in his power abide,
Seeking but in Him to live
Simple-hearted, single-eyed!
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