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First Line: Sooner a shovelling dwarf the sea shall fill
Last Line: I reach thy hand of comfort, and am still.
Subject(s): Worship


Sooner a shovelling dwarf the sea shall fill
With star-dust hollowed from the eternal sky,
Than one least letter of Jehovah's will
The race of man shall blot or nullify.

A thousand years with Him are but a day;
His is the patience of eternity;
He knows no haste nor shadow of delay,
Resistless and imperial Peace is He.

An hour is an eternity with Him,
Full time to note the humblest widow's tear,
Full time to note the smallest, hidden, dim
Iniquity upon the farthest sphere.

His anger flames and instantly consumes;
His justice weighs a sparrow's broken wing;
His clear and candid providence illumes
The gloomy maze of man's imagining.

O sovereign Pity, infinitely kind!
O loving and indomitable Will!
Perplexed and wander-weary, weak and blind,
I reach Thy hand of comfort, and am still.





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