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    COME and rejoice with me!
   For once my heart was poor,
And I have found a treasury
    Of love, a boundless store.
 
2      Come and rejoice with me!
    I, once so sick at heart,
Have met with One Who knows my case,
    And knows the healing art.
 
3      Come and rejoice with me!
    For I was wearied sore,
And I have found a mighty arm
    Which holds me evermore.
 
4      Come and rejoice with me!
    My feet so wide did roam,
And One has sought me from afar,
    And beareth me safe home.
 
5      Come and rejoice with me!
    For I have found a Friend
Who knows my heart’s most secret depths
    Yet loves me without end.
 
6      I knew not of His love;
    And He had loved so long,
With love so faithful and so deep,
    So tender and so strong.
 
7      And now I know my Lord,
    Have heard and known His voice,
And know His power from day to day—
    Can I enough rejoice?
 
Elizabeth Rundle Charles, 1828-96