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OUT OF THE DEPTHS.
So dark the way, I cannot see:
O, somewhere-smiling face Divine,
Look down and make my night to shine!
So dark the way, I cannot see.
Dear Jesus, let me lean on Thee!
O, somewhere-smiling face Divine,
Look down and make my night to shine!
So dark the way, I cannot see.
Dear Jesus, let me lean on Thee!
All night I stumble gropingly,
Seeking the door in some blank wall,
That shuts me from the light, and call
And listen, listen hopingly.
Dear Jesus, let me lean on Thee!
Seeking the door in some blank wall,
That shuts me from the light, and call
And listen, listen hopingly.
Dear Jesus, let me lean on Thee!
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My burden bows me to the knee;
O Lord, 'tis more than I can bear.
Didst Thou not come our load to share?
My burden bows me to the knee.
Dear Jesus, let me lean on Thee!
O Lord, 'tis more than I can bear.
Didst Thou not come our load to share?
My burden bows me to the knee.
Dear Jesus, let me lean on Thee!
The Deeps will surely swallow me;
I cry with fainting strength: the waves
Are gaping round in open graves:
The Deeps will surely swallow me.
Dear Jesus, let me lean on Thee!
I cry with fainting strength: the waves
Are gaping round in open graves:
The Deeps will surely swallow me.
Dear Jesus, let me lean on Thee!
Far off, so far, the Heavens be,
With their wide arms! and I would prove
The close warm-beating heart of Love.
But so far off the Heavens be:
Dear Jesus, let me lean on Thee!
With their wide arms! and I would prove
The close warm-beating heart of Love.
But so far off the Heavens be:
Dear Jesus, let me lean on Thee!
Father in Heaven, we cannot see
Thy face, nor grasp the spirit-hand
That leads us to the Unseen Land;
But trustingly, tho' tremblingly,
Dear Jesus, let me lean on Thee!
Thy face, nor grasp the spirit-hand
That leads us to the Unseen Land;
But trustingly, tho' tremblingly,
Dear Jesus, let me lean on Thee!
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One smile, and all my fears would flee:
One whisper, and the storm would cease;
And I should know Thee in the peace;
The door would ope; no dark could be.
Dear Jesus, let me lean on Thee!
One whisper, and the storm would cease;
And I should know Thee in the peace;
The door would ope; no dark could be.
Dear Jesus, let me lean on Thee!
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