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THE LOS PIECE OF SILVER.
Or, these all past, will death to her be gain,
Unto her life's long question God's replying'?
Unto her life's long question God's replying'?
VI.
No more. Within his hand, divine as tender,
He holds the mystic measure of her days;
And be they few or many, His the praise,—
In life or death her Keeper and Defender.
He holds the mystic measure of her days;
And be they few or many, His the praise,—
In life or death her Keeper and Defender.
VII.
Then, come He soon or late, she will not fear Him;
Be her end lone or loveful, she 'll not grieve;
For He whom she believed in—doth believe—
Will call her from the dust, and she will hear Him.
Be her end lone or loveful, she 'll not grieve;
For He whom she believed in—doth believe—
Will call her from the dust, and she will hear Him.
THE LOST PIECE OF SILVER.
A PRAYER.
OLY Lord Jesus, Thou wilt search till Thou findThis lost piece of silver,—this treasure enshrined
In casket or bosom, once of such store;
Now lying under the dust of Thy floor.
