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185
IN MEMORY OF THE LADY AUGUSTA STANLEY.
Oh blessed life of service and of love,
Heart wide as life, deep as life's deepest woe!
His servants serve Him day and night above,—
Thou servedst day and night we thought, below.
Heart wide as life, deep as life's deepest woe!
His servants serve Him day and night above,—
Thou servedst day and night we thought, below.
Hands full of blessings lavished far and wide,
Hands tender to bind up hearts wounded sore;
Stooping quite down earth's lowest needs beside,
“Master, like Thee!” we thought, and said no more.
Hands tender to bind up hearts wounded sore;
Stooping quite down earth's lowest needs beside,
“Master, like Thee!” we thought, and said no more.
Oh, nerves and heart racked to their utmost strain,
Hands stretched in helplessness to serve no more,—
Dulled by no slumber to their deepest pain,—
“Master, like Thee!” we wept, and said no more.
Hands stretched in helplessness to serve no more,—
Dulled by no slumber to their deepest pain,—
“Master, like Thee!” we wept, and said no more.
186
We o'er all sorrow would have raised thee up,
Crowned with life's choicest blossoms night and morn;
God made thee drink of His Beloved's cup,
And crowned thee with the Master's crown of thorn.
Crowned with life's choicest blossoms night and morn;
God made thee drink of His Beloved's cup,
And crowned thee with the Master's crown of thorn.
Looking from thee to Him once wounded sore,
We learned a little more His face to see;
Then looking from the cross for us He bore
To thine, we almost understood for thee.
We learned a little more His face to see;
Then looking from the cross for us He bore
To thine, we almost understood for thee.
Till, now, again, we gaze on thee above,
Strong and unwearied, serving day and night;
Oh blessed life of service and of love!
Master, like Thee, and with Thee, in Thy light!
Strong and unwearied, serving day and night;
Oh blessed life of service and of love!
Master, like Thee, and with Thee, in Thy light!
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