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HYMN.
SORROW AND SUPPLICATION.
Though dark and deep offences flow,
Be the repentant grief sincere;
Pure as the falling fleece of snow,
Shall the accepted soul appear.
Thine is a pitying parent's care,
God of forgiveness! heed our prayer!
Be the repentant grief sincere;
Pure as the falling fleece of snow,
Shall the accepted soul appear.
Thine is a pitying parent's care,
God of forgiveness! heed our prayer!
If, pierced by many an earthly woe,
The breaking heart its peace resign;
On heaven that breaking heart bestow,
And be its healing mercies thine!
To thee our sorrowing thoughts we raise,
God of compassion! hear our praise!
The breaking heart its peace resign;
On heaven that breaking heart bestow,
And be its healing mercies thine!
To thee our sorrowing thoughts we raise,
God of compassion! hear our praise!
From the bright heaven's transcendent throne
Behold the Lord of life descend,
Making the sentenced earth his own,
The blessing of his love extend!
Saviour, and God! from thee we claim,
The christian's ever soaring flame!
Behold the Lord of life descend,
Making the sentenced earth his own,
The blessing of his love extend!
Saviour, and God! from thee we claim,
The christian's ever soaring flame!
The mind that rests its hope on high,
Though dark as night, as winter cold.
Adoring heaven's protective eye,
Shall to its glorious light unfold.
The breath of worlds, the soul divine,
Creative Deity! are thine.
Though dark as night, as winter cold.
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Shall to its glorious light unfold.
The breath of worlds, the soul divine,
Creative Deity! are thine.
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