 | Hagar |  |
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A PRAYER.
Draw near to us, O Father,
In this sad, troubled hour!
O let us feel Thy presence,
Thy pitying love and power!
In this sad, troubled hour!
O let us feel Thy presence,
Thy pitying love and power!
The sunshine scarcely enters
Our sister's darkened room,
And weary pain and sadness
Fill it with grief and gloom.
Our sister's darkened room,
And weary pain and sadness
Fill it with grief and gloom.
She cares not for the morning,—
She sadly turns away
From all the summer sunlight,
And would it were not day.
She sadly turns away
From all the summer sunlight,
And would it were not day.
Yet when the evening shadows
Shut out the waning light,
She sighs so weary, weary,
And wishes 'twere not night;
Shut out the waning light,
She sighs so weary, weary,
And wishes 'twere not night;
For the days have come, O Father!
To her, as they'll come to all—
The days when no earthly sunshine
Into her life may fall.
To her, as they'll come to all—
The days when no earthly sunshine
Into her life may fall.
O grant her heavenly patience;
Let not her courage fail,
When doubt and pain and weakness
Her fainting heart assail.
Let not her courage fail,
When doubt and pain and weakness
Her fainting heart assail.
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O let celestial sunshine
Flood all her soul with light,
That she may see the angels
Who watch her day and night.
Flood all her soul with light,
That she may see the angels
Who watch her day and night.
Laying their hands upon her,
They soothe her fevered brain;
And evermore they're singing
Some soft, melodious strain.
They soothe her fevered brain;
And evermore they're singing
Some soft, melodious strain.
O may the holy music
Sink deep into her soul!
As earthly songs grow fainter,—
The angels' nearer roll.
Sink deep into her soul!
As earthly songs grow fainter,—
The angels' nearer roll.
Let her not go a stranger,
A sad, unwilling guest,
Into Thy home, O Father!
Thy beautiful home of rest;
A sad, unwilling guest,
Into Thy home, O Father!
Thy beautiful home of rest;
But may the angels bear her
From the pain and care away.
She sleeps, and lo, it is night-time!
She wakes, and behold, it is Day!
From the pain and care away.
She sleeps, and lo, it is night-time!
She wakes, and behold, it is Day!
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