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[Not every day, but oft, he falls]
A just man falleth seven times.
—xxiv. 16.
Not every day, but oft, he falls,
Not into sin, but great distress;
Out of the deep to Jesus calls,
And finds in Him returning peace,
Peace which the world can never give,
Can never violate, or conceive.
Not into sin, but great distress;
Out of the deep to Jesus calls,
And finds in Him returning peace,
Peace which the world can never give,
Can never violate, or conceive.
The just man falls to rise again,
And sit enthroned with Christ above,
Saved in a way of grief and pain,
Through sufferings perfected in love,
He falls—into a sea of blood,
He falls—into the depths of God!
And sit enthroned with Christ above,
Saved in a way of grief and pain,
Through sufferings perfected in love,
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He falls—into the depths of God!
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