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“They put their trust in Thee, and were not confounded.”
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Together once, but never more
While Time and Death run out their runs:
Tho' sundered now as shore from shore,
Together once.
While Time and Death run out their runs:
Tho' sundered now as shore from shore,
Together once.
Nor rising suns, nor setting suns,
Nor life renewed which springtide bore,
Make one again Death's sundered ones.
Nor life renewed which springtide bore,
Make one again Death's sundered ones.
Eternity holds rest in store,
Holds hope of long reunions:
But holds it what they hungered for
Together once?
Holds hope of long reunions:
But holds it what they hungered for
Together once?
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Whatso it be, howso it be, Amen.
Blessed it is, believing, not to see.
Now God knows all that is; and we shall, then,
Whatso it be.
Blessed it is, believing, not to see.
Now God knows all that is; and we shall, then,
Whatso it be.
God's Will is best for man whose will is free.
God's Will is better to us, yea, than ten
Desires whereof He holds and weighs the key.
God's Will is better to us, yea, than ten
Desires whereof He holds and weighs the key.
Amid her household cares He guides the wren,
He guards the shifty mouse from poverty;
He knows all wants, allots each where and when,
Whatso it be.
He guards the shifty mouse from poverty;
He knows all wants, allots each where and when,
Whatso it be.
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