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[I cannot lose what is not mine]

The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, &c. —i. 21.

I cannot lose what is not mine,
I may to God restore His loan;
And cheerfully I would resign,
When justly He revokes His own:
Ah, give me, Lord, with all to part;
And when Thou dost my soul require,
To bless Thee for a broken heart,
And calmly in Thine arms expire.