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“TO ELI AND SYBIL JONES.
“As one who watches from the land
The lifeboat go to seek and save,
And, all too weak to lend a hand,
Sends his faint cheer across the wave,—
The lifeboat go to seek and save,
And, all too weak to lend a hand,
Sends his faint cheer across the wave,—
“So, powerless at my hearth to-day,
Unmeet your holy work to share,
I can but speed you on your way,
Dear friends, with my unworthy prayer.
Unmeet your holy work to share,
I can but speed you on your way,
Dear friends, with my unworthy prayer.
“Go, angel-guided, duty-sent!
Our thoughts go with you o'er the foam;
Where'er you pitch your pilgrim tent
Our hearts shall be and make it home.
Our thoughts go with you o'er the foam;
Where'er you pitch your pilgrim tent
Our hearts shall be and make it home.
“And we will watch (if so He wills
Who ordereth all things well) your ways
Where Zion lifts her olive hills
And Jordan ripples with His praise.
Who ordereth all things well) your ways
Where Zion lifts her olive hills
And Jordan ripples with His praise.
“Oh! blest to teach where Jesus taught,
And walk with Him Gennesaret's strand!
But whereso'er His work is wrought,
Dear hearts, shall be your Holy Land.”
And walk with Him Gennesaret's strand!
But whereso'er His work is wrought,
Dear hearts, shall be your Holy Land.”
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