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THE WELL OF LIVING WATER by CHARLES WESLEY

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First Line: JESUS, THE GIFT DIVINE I KNOW
Last Line: IN STREAMS OF PURE PERENNIAL PEACE.
Subject(s): JESUS CHRIST;
Jesus, the gift divine I know,
The gift divine I ask of Thee;
The living water now bestow,
Thy Spirit and thyself, on me.

For Thou of life the fountain art,
None else can give or take away;
O may I find it in my heart,
And with me may it ever stay.

Thus may I drink--and thirst no more
For drops of finite happiness;
Spring up, O well, in heavenly power,
In streams of pure perennial peace.



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