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[“As dying, and behold we live!”]
“As dying, and behold we live!”
So live the Saints while time is flying;
Make all they make, give all they give,
As dying;
So live the Saints while time is flying;
Make all they make, give all they give,
As dying;
Bear all they bear without replying;
They grieve as tho' they did not grieve,
Uplifting praise with prayer and sighing.
They grieve as tho' they did not grieve,
Uplifting praise with prayer and sighing.
Patient thro' life's long-drawn reprieve,
Aloof from strife, at peace from crying,
The morrow to its day they leave,
As dying.
Aloof from strife, at peace from crying,
The morrow to its day they leave,
As dying.
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