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GOD'S LAW AND LOVE.
L. M.
O God, in whom we live and move!
Thy Love is Law, Thy Law is Love;
Thy present spirit waits to fill
The soul which comes to do Thy will.
Thy Love is Law, Thy Law is Love;
Thy present spirit waits to fill
The soul which comes to do Thy will.
Unto Thy children's spirits teach
Thy Love, beyond the power of speech;
And make them know, with joyful awe,
The encircling presence of Thy Law.
Thy Love, beyond the power of speech;
And make them know, with joyful awe,
The encircling presence of Thy Law.
That Law doth give to Truth and Right,
Howe'er despised, a conquering might,
And makes each fondly-worshipped lie
And boasting wrong, to cower and die.
Howe'er despised, a conquering might,
And makes each fondly-worshipped lie
And boasting wrong, to cower and die.
Its patient working doth fulfil
Man's hope, and God's all-perfect will,
Nor suffers one true word or thought,
Or deed of love, to come to naught.
Man's hope, and God's all-perfect will,
Nor suffers one true word or thought,
Or deed of love, to come to naught.
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