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	GOD'S FATHERHOOD AND LOVE

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	2 O heavenly love, how precious still, In days of weariness and ill, In nights of pain and helplessness, To heal, to comfort, and to bless! 3 O wide-embracing, wondrous love! We read Thee in the sky above, We read thee in the earth below, In seas that swell, and streams that flow. 4 We read thee best in Him Who came To bear for us the cross of shame;	Sent by the Father from on high, Our life to live, our death to die. 5 We read Thy power to bless and save, E'en in the darkness of the grave; Still more in resurrection light, We read the fulness of Thy might. 6 0 love of God, our shield and stay Through all the perils of our way! Eternal love, in thee we rest, For ever safe, for ever blest. Rev. Hokatius Bonak, 1S61

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	2 Chance and change are busy ever; Man decays, and ages move; But His mercy waneth never: God is wisdom, God is love. 3 E'en the hour that darkest seemeth Will His changeless goodness prove;	From the gloom His brightness streameth:] God is wisdom, God is love. 4 He with earthly cares entwineth Hope and comfort from above; Everywhere His glory shineth: God is wisdom, God is love. J. BoWRING, lS2£