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The Choir and The Oratory

or Praise and Prayer. By Josiah Conder

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“HEIRS TOGETHER OF THE GRACE OF LIFE.”


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“HEIRS TOGETHER OF THE GRACE OF LIFE.”

1 Peter iii. 7.

With all my heart I love thee;
Not less thy love to me.
Yet dare I say to thee,
One Friend still ranks above thee.
Yes, thou art all the nearer,
For Him who yet is dearer.
And, pleased, the mutual feeling
I heard by thee confessed,—
“Thou dost not love me best:”
Thy full heart so revealing,
That I to Thee am nearer,
Because Thy Lord is dearer.