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THE ANSWERED PRAYER
"Father!" cried we, "keep afar
Through life's battle stain and scar,
Grief to cloud, or sin to mar."
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This did we ask, as day's fair dawn
Crept smiling from the night's dark breast,
And this, when shadowy eve had drawn
Its darkling vail across the west:
He to whom the prayer had flown
Answered, bending from His throne,
Not in our way, but His own!
Through life's battle stain and scar,
Grief to cloud, or sin to mar."
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This did we ask, as day's fair dawn
Crept smiling from the night's dark breast,
And this, when shadowy eve had drawn
Its darkling vail across the west:
He to whom the prayer had flown
Answered, bending from His throne,
Not in our way, but His own!
Brave, brown eyes will never know
Shade of sin, or tear of woe;
Soft, dark eyes will gladly shine,
Full of light of love divine;
Sweet, blue eyes with angel smile
Hail the heaven they left awhile.
"For sweeping through the silence dim,
Shade of sin, or tear of woe;
Soft, dark eyes will gladly shine,
Full of light of love divine;
Sweet, blue eyes with angel smile
Hail the heaven they left awhile.
"For sweeping through the silence dim,
The while we stood with reverent breath,
God's angels took them up to Him,
Beyond the gates of sin and death!
God, who holds our darlings there,
Teach our weak, weak hearts to bear
This, Thy answer to our prayer!
God's angels took them up to Him,
Beyond the gates of sin and death!
God, who holds our darlings there,
Teach our weak, weak hearts to bear
This, Thy answer to our prayer!