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SEA-SIDE HYMN.
Into the ocean of Thy peace,
Almighty One, my thoughts would flow;
Bid their unrestful murmuring cease,
And Thy great calmness let me know!
Almighty One, my thoughts would flow;
Bid their unrestful murmuring cease,
And Thy great calmness let me know!
The world is bright and glad in Thee!
No hopeless gloom her face enshrouds;
Joy lights her mountains, thrills her sea,
And weaves gay tints through all her clouds.
No hopeless gloom her face enshrouds;
Joy lights her mountains, thrills her sea,
And weaves gay tints through all her clouds.
The shadow, Father, is our own,
That sends across our path a stain,
The discord is in us alone,
That makes the echoing earth complain.
That sends across our path a stain,
The discord is in us alone,
That makes the echoing earth complain.
O God, how beautiful is life,
Since Thou its soul and sweetness art!
How dies its childish fret and strife
On thy all-harmonizing heart!
Since Thou its soul and sweetness art!
How dies its childish fret and strife
On thy all-harmonizing heart!
Leaving behind me dust and clay,
From selfish hindrances set free,
I find at last my broadening way
Unto my ocean-rest in Thee.
From selfish hindrances set free,
I find at last my broadening way
Unto my ocean-rest in Thee.
One soul with Thee forevermore,
Borne high beyond the gulfs of death,—
A joy that ripples on Thy shore,—
With Life's vast hymn I blend my breath.
Borne high beyond the gulfs of death,—
A joy that ripples on Thy shore,—
With Life's vast hymn I blend my breath.
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