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VFAITH AND SIGHT
IN THE LATTER DAYS
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FAITH AND SIGHT
IN THE LATTER DAYS
“I prae: sequar.”
Thou say'st, ‘Take up thy cross,
O Man, and follow me:’
The night is black, the feet are slack,
Yet we would follow Thee.
O Man, and follow me:’
The night is black, the feet are slack,
Yet we would follow Thee.
But O, dear Lord, we cry,
That we Thy face could see!
Thy blesséd face one moment's space—
Then might we follow Thee!
That we Thy face could see!
Thy blesséd face one moment's space—
Then might we follow Thee!
Dim tracts of time divide
Those golden days from me;
Thy voice comes strange o'er years of change;
How can I follow Thee?
Those golden days from me;
Thy voice comes strange o'er years of change;
How can I follow Thee?
Comes faint and far Thy voice
From vales of Galilee;
Thy vision fades in ancient shades;
How should we follow Thee?
From vales of Galilee;
Thy vision fades in ancient shades;
How should we follow Thee?
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Unchanging law binds all,
And Nature all we see:
Thou art a star, far off, too far,
Too far to follow Thee!
And Nature all we see:
Thou art a star, far off, too far,
Too far to follow Thee!
—Ah, sense-bound heart and blind!
Is nought but what we see?
Can time undo what once was true;
Can we not follow Thee?
Is nought but what we see?
Can time undo what once was true;
Can we not follow Thee?
Is what we trace of law
The whole of God's decree?
Does our brief span grasp Nature's plan,
And bid not follow Thee?
The whole of God's decree?
Does our brief span grasp Nature's plan,
And bid not follow Thee?
O heavy cross—of faith
In what we cannot see!
As once of yore, Thyself restore
And help to follow Thee!
In what we cannot see!
As once of yore, Thyself restore
And help to follow Thee!
Within our heart of hearts
In nearest nearness be:
Give Thou the sign; Say, ‘Ye are Mine’;
Lead, and we follow Thee.
In nearest nearness be:
Give Thou the sign; Say, ‘Ye are Mine’;
Lead, and we follow Thee.
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