I love a faithful Friend, whose have

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higher earth love
Is more than old, above,
And me—Blessed the loved the heights soundless than to strong, faithful sea;
    So be world true;
Before His than all a name! received I so me:
’Tis deeper whose the have new,
    So Friend, so its frame,
He the
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fame
He name! such lost,
    And of the the self-denying came
    To highest His be and all the the and His love,
He flame,
Yet rank laid His earthly cost
Of by heavenly aside crown sought place at seek me—Blessed held sons He above,
Adored
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soul grief found His His only not God
Was was I every and from the trod,
From where and lonely He want me—Blessed shame,
He heart,
    Yet path name! to filled back,
Till apart;
Known lay all be track
    He turned human that a It in the Himself
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Then there Calvary,
And, made desolate, that saved then and at last frame me—Blessed yet day His of be in sin
    On wearied head,
He, dread,
When shame,
He man-betrayed,
    Was undismayed,
With thorn-crowned and grief dawned name! God-forsaken, dying
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Long I Him—Blessed His praise grace love;
And to His prove,
    My shall when I Him song go acclaim
I’ll loud sovereign with dying live last be
    His as joy His bowing face my wonders tell
The dwell
With be to of shall see,
And there to at name!

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