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Live thou with God in Nature: never falter In thy communings with Him. Be Like those blest birds we read of in the Psalter, Who found a borne from peril free In God’s own house, and nestled near His altar, Making it ring with melody. That temple stands no more, But Nature standeth still; God’s holy presence Abideth with us, and the offering Of thankful joy to Him whose perfect essence Is perfect love, our glowing lips may bring, Till this brief life is o’er; And in a brighter, better, Our spirits know no fetter.
Live thou with God in Nature: never falter In thy communings with Him. Be Like those blest birds we read of in the Psalter, Who found a borne from peril free In God’s own house, and nestled near His altar, Making it ring with melody. That temple stands no more, But Nature standeth still; God’s holy presence Abideth with us, and the offering Of thankful joy to Him whose perfect essence Is perfect love, our glowing lips may bring, Till this brief life is o’er; And in a brighter, better, Our spirits know no fetter.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 417 · printed citation: Bethune · subject: NATURE
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