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THE volume of my Father’s grace Does all my thirst assuage; Here I behold my Saviour’s face In almost every page. |
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2 | This is the field where hidden lies The pearl of price unknown; That merchant is divinely wise Who makes the pearl his own. |
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3 | Here consecrated water flows To purge my love of sin; Here the fair tree of knowledge grows: No danger dwells therein. |
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4 | Here is the judge that ends all strife, Where wit and reason fail; My guide to everlasting life Through all this earthly vale. |
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5 | O may Thy counsels, mighty God, My roving feet command, Nor I forsake the happy road That leads to Thy right hand. |
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Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |