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DEAD AND ALIVE.
Till I learned to love thy name,
Lord, thy grace denying,
I was lost in sin and shame,
Dying, dying, dying!
Lord, thy grace denying,
I was lost in sin and shame,
Dying, dying, dying!
Nothing could the world impart;
Darkness held no morrow;
In my soul and in my heart
Sorrow, sorrow, sorrow!
Darkness held no morrow;
In my soul and in my heart
Sorrow, sorrow, sorrow!
All the blossoms came to blight;
Noon was dull and dreary;
Night and day, and day and night,
Weary, weary, weary!
Noon was dull and dreary;
Night and day, and day and night,
Weary, weary, weary!
When I learned to love thy name,
Peace beyond all measure
Came, and in the stead of shame,
Pleasure, pleasure, pleasure!
Peace beyond all measure
Came, and in the stead of shame,
Pleasure, pleasure, pleasure!
Winds may beat, and storms may fall,
Thou, the meek and lowly,
Reignest, and I sing through all,—
Holy, holy, holy!
Thou, the meek and lowly,
Reignest, and I sing through all,—
Holy, holy, holy!
Life may henceforth never be
Like a dismal story,
For beyond its bound I see
Glory, glory, glory!
Like a dismal story,
For beyond its bound I see
Glory, glory, glory!
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