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7s & 6s.
I was sick, and ye visited me.
Matt. 25:36.
’Tis not a lonely night watch
Which by the couch I spend:
Jesus is close beside us,
Our Saviour and our Friend.
2 Often I strive all vainly,
To ease the aching head,
Then, silently and gently,
Himself he makes thy bed.
3 Do we not hear him saying,
“Your guilt on me was laid,”
“Ye are my blood-bought jewels;”
“Fear not, be not dismayed.”
4 “I sit beside the furnace,”
“The gold will soon be pure,”
“And blesséd are those servants
Who to the end endure.”
5 Amen! O blessed Saviour,
Dwell with us, in us, here,
And let us welcome trials,
Till we thine image bear.