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CHRIST'S COMING
He came to tell us what to do,
And what should not be done;
He came to give new life to you,
And me, and every one.
And what should not be done;
He came to give new life to you,
And me, and every one.
But if the things He had to bear,
The sorrow and the shame,
Have only left us as we were
Before He ever came.
The sorrow and the shame,
Have only left us as we were
Before He ever came.
If all He did and all He said,
His wisdom and His grace,
Have not redeem'd from doubt and dread,
The future of our race,
His wisdom and His grace,
Have not redeem'd from doubt and dread,
The future of our race,
If God's own Son, so good, so great,
Can only save a few,
And all the others meet their fate
As dogs or devils do,—
Can only save a few,
And all the others meet their fate
As dogs or devils do,—
Why then—but No, it cannot be!
His mission has not fail'd:
For He is with us still, and He
Has striven and prevail'd.
His mission has not fail'd:
For He is with us still, and He
Has striven and prevail'd.
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