A memorial volume of sacred poetry by the late Sir John Bowring. To which is prefixed, a memoir of the author, by Lady Bowring |
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Faith, Hope, Charity.
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Faith, Hope, Charity.
“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity.”
—1 Cor. ch. xiii. v. 13.
Heaven's great triad still abideth,
The divinely blended Three,—
Faith, Hope, and Charity,—
Over all supreme presideth.
The divinely blended Three,—
Faith, Hope, and Charity,—
Over all supreme presideth.
Faith in Him whose love protecteth,
And through sorrow, sin, and strife,
As His power to all gave life,
All controlleth, all directeth.
And through sorrow, sin, and strife,
As His power to all gave life,
All controlleth, all directeth.
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Hope—that like a constellation,
Ever smiling from above,
Brings with ever-living love
God's bright promise of salvation.
Ever smiling from above,
Brings with ever-living love
God's bright promise of salvation.
Charity—of all supremest,
Greatest, noblest of the three—
Beam upon us, Charity!
Bringing blessings as thou beamest.
Greatest, noblest of the three—
Beam upon us, Charity!
Bringing blessings as thou beamest.
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