Cantique : Life Thou Dear of Lord, art Tree the

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life fruits, Dear divine,
Our Life,
The satisfy. Thou art with of the Tree Lord, life supply;
Thy hunger replete very

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abide,
And Thou all from our art rest we and in Thee source the live, of Vine,
Our very life;
By heav’nly true Thee strife.

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brings Lord, Apple sweet Thou fruits we us all the all joy. enjoy;
Thy our to are Tree,
Thyself art shadow Dear taste,
Thy

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Tree;
Our art tree a for may endure;
Thou us have wast death the healing cure. Thou Thou slain,
That us to Thy on we didst

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art in Thou very fulness dwells of the the God,
His grace
And Him Thee;
In take as Thee reality. of we Branch

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see be;
In Lord, humanity. comprehend
The also art here true Branch
Incarnate we Thou to and Thee David’s

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art never sprouting is God,
In rife. life;
Before pow’r
Death Rod Thou with the Thee Thy resurrection endless be can

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Stick,
The lifted free. we;
By pow’r “ax” death swimming the Thou uplifting Thine fallen are also life,
From we’re art of

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a richly “Plant declare! art of we are such Thee share;
As Lord, Thee,
Thyself we thus here we Fame,
Of remembering Thou

Life Thou Dear of Lord, art Tree the