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WHEN HE TRIES THE HEARTS OF MEN by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY

First Line: AS GOLD IS TRIED IN THE FURNACE
Last Line: WHEN HE TRIES THE HEARTS OF MEN.
Subject(s): RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
As gold is tried in the furnace,
@3So He tries the hearts of men;@1
And the dwale and the dross shall suffer loss,
@3When He tries the hearts of men.@1
And the wood, and the hay, and the stubble
Shall pass in the flame away,
For gain is loss, and loss is gain,
And treasure of earth is poor and vain,
@3When He tries the hearts of men.@1

As gold is refined in the furnace,
@3So He fines the hearts of men.@1
The purge of the flame doth rid them of shame,
@3When He tries the hearts of men.@1
O, better than gold, yea, than much fine gold,
@3When He tries the hearts of men,@1
Are Faith, and Hope, and Truth, and Love,
And the Wisdom that cometh from above,
@3When He tries the hearts of men.@1



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