11/25/06

from "Treasury of Sacred Song" (a couple of snippets)

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/palgrave/sacredsong.h027.html

"...But, O my Saviour, Who my refuge art,
Let Thy dear mercies stand 'twixt them and me,
And be the wall to separate my heart
So that I may at length repose me free;
That peace, and joy, and rest may be within,
And I remain divided from my sin."

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/palgrave/sacredsong.h067.html
selection from "THE ELIXIR":

"Teach me, my GOD and King,
In all things Thee to see,
And what I do in anything,
To do it as for Thee.

All may of Thee partake:
Nothing can be so mean
Which with his tincture, For Thy sake,
Will not grow bright and clean.

A servant with this clause
Makes drudgery divine;
Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws,..."

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