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PRAYER AND ASPIRATION

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2 There is an arm that never tires When human strength gives way; There is a love that never fails When earthly loves decay. I 3 That eye is fixed on seraph throngs; That arm upholds the sky; That ear is filled with angel songs; That love is throned on high.	4 But there's a power which man can wield When mortal aid .is vain, That eye, that arm, that love to reach,. That listening ear to gain. 5 That power is prayer, which soars on high, Through Jesus, to the throne, And moves the hand which moves the world, To bring salvation down. Rev. James C. Wallace, 1830

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■ 2 That will not murmur nor complain Beneath the chastening rod, But, in the hour of grief and pain, Will lean upon its God; 3 A faith that shines more bright and clear When tempests rage without; That when in danger knows no fear, In darkness feels no doubt;		4 A faith that keeps the narrow way Till life's last hour is fled, And with a pure and heavenly ray Lights up a dying bed. 5 Lord, give us such a faith as this, And then, whate'er may come, We'll taste, e'en here, the hallowed bliss Of an eternal home. William H. Bathurst, 1831