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Constraint.
My sins forgive, and let me live
A life more pure and holy,
And if success my efforts bless,
O! Lord, then keep me lowly.
A life more pure and holy,
And if success my efforts bless,
O! Lord, then keep me lowly.
Dower me with strength to tread the length
Of life’s dim highway yonder,
More faith and grace to see Thy face
Whene’er inclined to wander.
Of life’s dim highway yonder,
More faith and grace to see Thy face
Whene’er inclined to wander.
Give me a friend with whom to spend
Life’s golden hours in gladness,
A comrade, who remaineth true,
Alike in joy or sadness.
Life’s golden hours in gladness,
A comrade, who remaineth true,
Alike in joy or sadness.
A little bread, a roof, a bed,
And each new morn a blessing,
Is all I ask from week to week—
These wants I come confessing. Amen.
And each new morn a blessing,
Is all I ask from week to week—
These wants I come confessing. Amen.
W. Francis Chambers
CLXVI.
Constraint.
I heard a voice crying unto me,
And I answered, “Yea, Lord.”
And it spoke again saying,
“Knowest thou me?”
And I answered, “Yea, Lord.”
And the voice spoke again, saying:
“Upon those that know is laid the burden;
Arise, shine, for your light is come.”
And I answered, “Yea, Lord.”
And it spoke again saying,
“Knowest thou me?”
And I answered, “Yea, Lord.”
And the voice spoke again, saying:
“Upon those that know is laid the burden;
Arise, shine, for your light is come.”