"IF THOU SAYEST . . ."
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"IF THOU SAYEST, BEHOLD, WE KNEW IT NOT."—Proverbs xxiv, 11, 12.
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I HAVE done I know not what,—what have I done? My brother's blood, my brother's soul, doth cry: And I find no defence, find no reply,No courage more to run this race I runNot knowing what I have done, have left undone; Ah me, these awful unknown hours that fly Fruitless it may be, fleeting fruitless byRank with death-savour underneath the sun.For what avails it that I did not know The deed I did? what profits me the pleaThat had I known I had not wronged him so? Lord Jesus Christ, my God, him pity Thou; Lord, if it may be, pity also me: In judgment pity, and in death, and now.
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Thou Who hast borne all burdens, bear our load, Bear Thou our load whatever load it be; Our guilt, our shame, our helpless misery,Bear Thou Who only canst, O God my God. Seek us and find us, for we cannot Thee
