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ST. BERNARD. (CM.) (
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(Part II)
John Richardson (1816-1870).
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1S02).
(Selected from Our Master.)
Part II.
O LORD and Master of us all !
Whate'er our name or sign,
We own thy sway, we hear thy call,
We test our lives by thine.
Whate'er our name or sign,
We own thy sway, we hear thy call,
We test our lives by thine.
Thou judgest us; thy purity
Doth all our lusts condemn;
The love that draws us nearer thee
Is hot with wrath to them.
Doth all our lusts condemn;
The love that draws us nearer thee
Is hot with wrath to them.
Our thoughts lie open to thy sight;
And, naked to thy glance.
Our secret sins are in the light
Of thy pure countenance.
And, naked to thy glance.
Our secret sins are in the light
Of thy pure countenance.
Yet, weak and blinded though we be,
Thou dost our service own;
We bring our varying gifts to thee,
And thou rejectest none.
Thou dost our service own;
We bring our varying gifts to thee,
And thou rejectest none.
To thee our full humanity,
Its joys and pains, belong ;
The wrong of man to man on thee
Inflicts a deeper wrong.
Its joys and pains, belong ;
The wrong of man to man on thee
Inflicts a deeper wrong.
Deep strike thy roots, heavenly Vine,
Within our earthly sod.
Most human and yet most divine.
The flower of man and God.
Within our earthly sod.
Most human and yet most divine.
The flower of man and God.
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