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December 21 SEEDS OF GRACE
“By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves: it is the gift of God.”—Eph. ii. 8.
Thus is Christ sowing in me seeds
Of grace, that I may plead with brothers;
This yet shall flower in faithful deeds,
And bear a harvest ripe for others.
He will not show the timid shoots,
Till in him centre all my roots.
Of grace, that I may plead with brothers;
This yet shall flower in faithful deeds,
And bear a harvest ripe for others.
He will not show the timid shoots,
Till in him centre all my roots.
Earth is a picture, fair and bright
Now, though it passed through dreadful stages;
Æons of shadows wrought our light,
And this green vesture grew from ages.
Grim centuries of fire and flood,
Went to shape forth one shining bud.
Now, though it passed through dreadful stages;
Æons of shadows wrought our light,
And this green vesture grew from ages.
Grim centuries of fire and flood,
Went to shape forth one shining bud.
And He, who makes celestial blue
Of dust by dazzling transformation,
Will to my tardy work be true—
Though long He digs the deep foundation.
No prayers were wasted in my past,
To build God's temple that shall last.
Of dust by dazzling transformation,
Will to my tardy work be true—
Though long He digs the deep foundation.
No prayers were wasted in my past,
To build God's temple that shall last.
And now I alway smile through tears,
For while my staff is poor and brittle
Yet He is stronger than my fears
And greatest when my love is little.
If hard the pathway be to trace,
I look up closer in His Face.
For while my staff is poor and brittle
Yet He is stronger than my fears
And greatest when my love is little.
If hard the pathway be to trace,
I look up closer in His Face.
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