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THE HEALING OF MARAH'S WATERS. |
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THE HEALING OF MARAH'S WATERS.
“And the Lord showed him a tree, which when he had cast into
the waters, the waters were made sweet.”
—Exodus, xv. 25.
Marah! whate'er the tree might be
Which made thy bitter waters sweet,
The Christian in its power may see
Of power divine an emblem meet.
Which made thy bitter waters sweet,
The Christian in its power may see
Of power divine an emblem meet.
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Full many a cup from which the lip
Draws back as from a poison'd bowl,
Through love's sublime disciple-ship
Is render'd grateful to the soul.
Draws back as from a poison'd bowl,
Through love's sublime disciple-ship
Is render'd grateful to the soul.
The world's distaste, pride's heartless scorn,
A toilsome life, perchance a grave,
Are things as loveless and forlorn
As ever was thy bitterest wave.
A toilsome life, perchance a grave,
Are things as loveless and forlorn
As ever was thy bitterest wave.
But these, endured for Jesu's sake,
Are render'd through his love divine
A cup 'tis pleasure to partake,
Chang'd by his power like Cana's wine.
Are render'd through his love divine
A cup 'tis pleasure to partake,
Chang'd by his power like Cana's wine.
The tree which Marah's waters heal'd,
Which sweetness gave, or could restore,
Is of his cross a type reveal'd,
Which he who bears repines no more.
Which sweetness gave, or could restore,
Is of his cross a type reveal'd,
Which he who bears repines no more.
Oh! may this love in us abound,
Guide to our Elim's happy shore,
Where wells for every tribe are found,
By living palm trees shadow'd o'er.
Guide to our Elim's happy shore,
Where wells for every tribe are found,
By living palm trees shadow'd o'er.
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