How blest was that life once lived up­on earth,
The life of the Sav­ior of men!
What joy was their part who learned at His feet,
Who loved and who wor­shiped Him then!

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I know that He liv­eth, Re­deem­er and friend,
To bless and to com­fort our way;
I know the glad song of the heav­en­ly throng—
He liv­eth, He liv­eth to­day!

The friend of our need, the hope of the world,
Abides with us still as of old;
When wan­der­ing far in sor­row and sin,
He lead­eth us home to the fold.

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O Lord of the sea, who once walked abroad
On trea­cher­ous waves of the tide,
We know that Thy strong and pi­ty­ing arms,
Our wa­ver­ing foot­steps still guide.

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Thou art not afar, in re­gions un­known:
Our faith reach­eth up unto Thee;
And still, through the mists of ag­es long past,
The Sav­ior of sin­ners doth see.

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