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GOD'S HOUSEHOLD.
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GOD'S HOUSEHOLD.
No more strangers and foreigners . . . of the household of God.
Ephes. ii. 19.
The Lord God which gathereth the outcasts.
—Isaiah lvi. 8.
Of home joys to the stranger
One cannot lightly tell,
And oh, it is so blessed
At home with Christ to dwell,
To those who have not known Him
Scarce can his children show
The peace that doth possess them,
The joys that overflow!
One cannot lightly tell,
And oh, it is so blessed
At home with Christ to dwell,
To those who have not known Him
Scarce can his children show
The peace that doth possess them,
The joys that overflow!
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Yet not the safely-housèd,
When winter snows are deep,
For pity of the outcast
More bitterly can weep,
Than they, who in the covert
Of the great Father's care,
When weeping in their pity
For those who are not there.
When winter snows are deep,
For pity of the outcast
More bitterly can weep,
Than they, who in the covert
Of the great Father's care,
When weeping in their pity
For those who are not there.
Go forth unto thy wand'rers,
Dear Master, draw them in;
We can but beckon vainly,
A word from Thee will win.
And oh, Thou know'st, if only
Beneath thy roof we meet,
We shall not need to tell them
What makes the home so sweet.
Dear Master, draw them in;
We can but beckon vainly,
A word from Thee will win.
And oh, Thou know'st, if only
Beneath thy roof we meet,
We shall not need to tell them
What makes the home so sweet.
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