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Oft when of God we ask For fuller




Oft when of God we ask
For fuller, happier life,
He sets us some new task
Involving care and strife ;
Is this the boon for which we sought?
Has prayer new trouble on us brought?


This is indeed the boon,
Though strange to us it seems :
We pierce the rock, and soon
The blessing on us streams ;
For when we are the most athirst,
Then the clear waters on us burst.


We toil as in a field,
Wherein, to us unknown,
A treasure lies concealed,
Which may be all our own:
And shall we of the toil complain
That speedily will bring such gain ?


We dig the wells of life,
And God the water gives ;
We win our way by strife,
Then He within us lives ;
And only war could make us meet
For peace so sacred and so sweet.

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LYRICS
Meter: 6 6 6 6 8 8
Writer(s):
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      Hymn/Song Book Year Song #
      1903# 299
      MUSIC
      Name: LOVE UNKNOWN
      Meter: 6 6 6 6 8 8
      Writer(s):
        Dates: 1918
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