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When sickness to my fainting soul Her fearful form display’d, I to my secret chamber stole, And humbly thus I pray’d. If softened by the impending stroke, My heart, O Lord, will yield, In mercy Thy decree revoke, And let my wound be heal’d. But if from memory’s tablet soon Ingratitude would tear The bounteous giver, and the boon, Oh, hear not Thou my prayer. Rather than bear that blackest stain Within my breast, I’d brave The keenest throes of restless pain— The terrors of the grave. If health’s unmerited return Should bless my future days, Oh, may I from Thy Spirit learn A daily song of praise. But should I shortly hence depart, Or, lingering suffer still, May that blest Spirit, Lord, impart Submission to Thy will.
When sickness to my fainting soul Her fearful form display’d, I to my secret chamber stole, And humbly thus I pray’d. If softened by the impending stroke, My heart, O Lord, will yield, In mercy Thy decree revoke, And let my wound be heal’d. But if from memory’s tablet soon Ingratitude would tear The bounteous giver, and the boon, Oh, hear not Thou my prayer. Rather than bear that blackest stain Within my breast, I’d brave The keenest throes of restless pain— The terrors of the grave. If health’s unmerited return Should bless my future days, Oh, may I from Thy Spirit learn A daily song of praise. But should I shortly hence depart, Or, lingering suffer still, May that blest Spirit, Lord, impart Submission to Thy will.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Bishop Heber (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 538 · printed citation: Bishop Heber · subject: SICKNESS
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