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As body when the soul has fled,
As barren trees, decayed and dead,
Is faith; a hopeless, lifeless thing,
If not of righteous deeds the spring.
One cup of healing oil and wine,
One tear-drop shed on mercy’s shrine,
In thrice more grateful, Lord, to thee,
Than lifted eye or bended knee.
To doers only of the word,
Propitious is the righteous Lord;
He hears their cries, accepts their prayers,
And heals their wounds, and soothes the cares.
In true and genuine faint, we trace
The source of every Christian grace;
Within the pious heart it plays,
A living fount of joy and praise.
Kind deeds of peace and love betray
Where’er the streams has found its way;
But where these springs not rich and fair,
The stream has never wandered there.
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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| 1851 | # 345 |
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