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	THE CHURCH

	609


	2 As on the river's rising tide [sea, Until the lame shall leap again Flow strength and coolness from the And the parched lips with gladness ring.l So through the ways our hands provide ₄ Bless Thou the gifts our hands have broughl May quickening life flow in from Thee,— Bless Thou the work our hearts have plannJ 3 To heal the wound, to still the pain, Ours is the faith, the will, the thought —M And strength to failing pulses bring, The rest, O God, is in Thy hand. Rev. Samuel Longfellow, 1886 610 892 .


	2 And with that hast freely given Blessings countless as the sand, To the evil and unthankful With Thine own unsparing hand. 3 Grant us hearts, dear Lord, to yield Thee, Gladly, freely of Thine own; With the sunshine of Thy goodness Melt our thankless hearts of stone; 4 Till our cold and selfish natures, Warmed by Thee, at length believe That more happy and more blessed 'Tis to give than to receive.	5 Wondrous honor hast Thou given To our humblest charity, In Thine own mysterious sentence, " Ye have done it unto Me." 6 Can it be, O gracious Master, Thou dost deign for alms to sue, Saying, by Thy poor and needy, A " Give 'as I have given to you? 1 7 Give us faith, to trust Thee boldly, Hope, to stay our souls on Thee: But O best of all Thy graces, Give us Thine own charity. Mrs. E. S. Aldeeson, i?6!