Starved lives! Whose fullness of this world's supplies
Must fail to strengthen for the time of need,
Oh why refuse the Bread which satisfies
And longer on the husks of folly feed?
Must fail to strengthen for the time of need,
Oh why refuse the Bread which satisfies
And longer on the husks of folly feed?
AMBITION
I crave no earthly height but Calvary;
Nor earthly throne but an uplifted cross,
Where all men may a loyal subject see
Of Heaven's King, despite all earthly loss!
Nor earthly throne but an uplifted cross,
Where all men may a loyal subject see
Of Heaven's King, despite all earthly loss!
I crave no jewels prey of earthly price;
I covet not earth's royal diadems;
For me the covered crown of sacrifice
Blood-gemmed,—God's roses bloomed on thorny stems.
I covet not earth's royal diadems;
For me the covered crown of sacrifice
Blood-gemmed,—God's roses bloomed on thorny stems.
No scepter would I wield, save over those
Whose needs creep hungrily life's gate within;
Nor slaying sword would lift 'gainst any foes
Save those which answer to the call of Sin!
Whose needs creep hungrily life's gate within;
Nor slaying sword would lift 'gainst any foes
Save those which answer to the call of Sin!
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