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Constraint.
My sins forgive, and let me live A life more pure and holy,And if success my efforts bless, O! Lord, then keep me lowly.
Dower me with strength to tread the length Of life’s dim highway yonder,More faith and grace to see Thy face Whene’er inclined to wander.
Give me a friend with whom to spend Life’s golden hours in gladness,A comrade, who remaineth true, Alike in joy or sadness.
A little bread, a roof, a bed, And each new morn a blessing,Is all I ask from week to week— These wants I come confessing. Amen.

W. Francis Chambers

CLXVI.

Constraint.

I heard a voice crying unto me,And I answered, “Yea, Lord.”And it spoke again saying,“Knowest thou me?”And I answered, “Yea, Lord.”And the voice spoke again, saying:“Upon those that know is laid the burden;Arise, shine, for your light is come.”
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