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VIIITHE HIDDEN LIFE
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VIII
THE HIDDEN LIFE
Thrice-happy they, who know
The hidden things of Heaven!
In spirit with the risen Lord
Who bless'd His sad Eleven:—
Amid the world, within another world,
Their own unseen, and Christ's, they move,
And that without seems dark to this
Sunn'd by the smile of saving Love:—
Nor will that inner light decline,
While Thou art ours, and we are Thine.
The hidden things of Heaven!
In spirit with the risen Lord
Who bless'd His sad Eleven:—
Amid the world, within another world,
Their own unseen, and Christ's, they move,
And that without seems dark to this
Sunn'd by the smile of saving Love:—
Nor will that inner light decline,
While Thou art ours, and we are Thine.
The great and gaudy world,
Throned on his car, goes by;
Surveys himself, and God, and Earth,
With self-complacent eye:
Unfolds his liberal lures, and calls mankind
To share his pleasures, fair and free,
Low whispering with a mystic smile,
“If they quit Christ, and worship Me:”—
But all the world we will resign,
While Thou art ours, and we are Thine.
Throned on his car, goes by;
Surveys himself, and God, and Earth,
With self-complacent eye:
Unfolds his liberal lures, and calls mankind
To share his pleasures, fair and free,
Low whispering with a mystic smile,
“If they quit Christ, and worship Me:”—
But all the world we will resign,
While Thou art ours, and we are Thine.
Proud Science next, with eyes
That pierce the heart of things.
The dance of atoms;—She who darts
Through space on lightning wings;
In one vast pattern weaving law with law,
And Soul alone beyond the plan;
With loud and louder voice proclaim'd
The fount of light and life to Man:
But all that knowledge we resign,
While Thou art ours, and we are Thine.
That pierce the heart of things.
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Through space on lightning wings;
In one vast pattern weaving law with law,
And Soul alone beyond the plan;
With loud and louder voice proclaim'd
The fount of light and life to Man:
But all that knowledge we resign,
While Thou art ours, and we are Thine.
—Ah! poor external things!
They only prize ye right
Who, gazing on the invisible Lord,
Walk in His inner light.
What smiles of gold, what joys of Science high,
What loveliness of earth below,
Equals the settled look of Love,
The peace the world cannot bestow?
All, all, with welcome we resign,
While Thou art ours, and we are Thine!
They only prize ye right
Who, gazing on the invisible Lord,
Walk in His inner light.
What smiles of gold, what joys of Science high,
What loveliness of earth below,
Equals the settled look of Love,
The peace the world cannot bestow?
All, all, with welcome we resign,
While Thou art ours, and we are Thine!
From fear of death, and that
Worse fear, that man must go,
Blind puppet of blind force, push'd on
Through paths he cannot know;—
From sick despair at ills we cannot cure,—
O Saviour, Thou hast made us free,
If only on Thy face we look,
If only we believe in Thee,—
Safe on Thy bosom to recline,
While Thou art ours, and we are Thine!
Worse fear, that man must go,
Blind puppet of blind force, push'd on
Through paths he cannot know;—
From sick despair at ills we cannot cure,—
O Saviour, Thou hast made us free,
If only on Thy face we look,
If only we believe in Thee,—
Safe on Thy bosom to recline,
While Thou art ours, and we are Thine!
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Thrice-happy they, who see
The hidden heavenly home!
Who know He walk'd on earth, and hence
Know He again will come!
O gracious Faith of Reason, sane and sure!
O joy beyond all human speech!
O secret life of peace and love!
Treasure no robber-arm can reach!
—And all in humble hope are mine,
While Thou art ours, and we are Thine.
The hidden heavenly home!
Who know He walk'd on earth, and hence
Know He again will come!
O gracious Faith of Reason, sane and sure!
O joy beyond all human speech!
O secret life of peace and love!
Treasure no robber-arm can reach!
—And all in humble hope are mine,
While Thou art ours, and we are Thine.
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