25 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines, and the fields shall yield no meat, yet I will rejoice in the Lord. Habak. iii: 17, 18. I Sometimes a light surprises The Christian while he sings: With healing on His wings, We sweetly then pursue And find it ever new: 3 "It can bring with it nothing But He will bear us through; His praise shall tune my voice, Dox. XIII 27 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Ps. li: 10. I Cleanse my heart, O Father! cleanse it; 2 Father, make me pure and lowly, Purge and make it all Thine own; Let Thy Spirit melt and break it- Fond of peace and far from strife, Turning from the paths unholy Of a vain and sinful life. 28 I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it; that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. John xvii: 26. I In boundless mercy, gracious Lord, appear, Vain thoughts remove, melt down the flinty heart, 2 Thy presence fills the universal space, 3 The blessed Jesus is my Lord, my Love: 4 That uncreated beauty, which has gained Dox. XI. 4 112 A - MEN. 30 That was the true light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world. John i: 4. I Jesus, our true and only light! 2 Seek those, O Lord, who stray from Thee, 3 Shine on the darkened and the cold, 4 So they, with us, may evermore Dox. II. |