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So I will wait upon Thy will, O Captain!And take from Thee my orders every day:If Thou wilt give me courage, love, and patienceI still will follow where Thou show'st the way.




GROWING OLD.
Christ groweth ever dearer,As the days go fleeting by;He draweth ever nearer,As our dear ones homeward fly.Soon we shall see Him face to face,And bless Him for His love and grace."Forever with the Lord!"This is His daily word.

Quogue, July, 1914, Almost 65!




BY THE CROSS.
Keep me lowly, keep me loving,Keep me at Thy side alway:From the glory of Thy vict'ryLet me never, never stray.Taking up Thy blessed mission,Sent of God as Thou wast sent,—Till my work, like Thine, is "finished,"And the veil of Time is rent.

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