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TO C.-C. P.
WITH BISHOP WILSON'S “SACRA PRIVATA.” |
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TO C.-C. P. WITH BISHOP WILSON'S “SACRA PRIVATA.”
“Pray! and be both safe and happy.”
Bp.Hall.
Bp.Hall.
Cath'rine, my first and eldest born!
Since she who gave thee life was torn
From my poor drooping heart:
Do thou (as one she left behind
To cheer my sight, and soothe my mind)
Thy filial love impart.
Since she who gave thee life was torn
From my poor drooping heart:
Do thou (as one she left behind
To cheer my sight, and soothe my mind)
Thy filial love impart.
And let me ask, nay let me pray—
That a few minutes every day,
As well as one in seven,
To prayer be yielded, while you live;
For more than earthly peace 'twill give,
A peace deriv'd from heaven.
That a few minutes every day,
As well as one in seven,
To prayer be yielded, while you live;
For more than earthly peace 'twill give,
A peace deriv'd from heaven.
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And thither onward it will lead,
Guide of thy thought, and word, and deed,
Through this world's brief abode;
And bring thee nearer, day by day,
Unto the true and living Way—
To Jesus, and to God.
Guide of thy thought, and word, and deed,
Through this world's brief abode;
And bring thee nearer, day by day,
Unto the true and living Way—
To Jesus, and to God.
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