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L. M.
Psalm 139.
Lord, thou hast formed mine every part,
Mine inmost thought is known to thee;
Each word, each feeling of my heart,
Thine ear doth hear, thine eye doth see.
2 Though I should seek the shades of night,
And hide myself in guilty fear,
To thee the darkness seems as light,
The midnight as the noonday clear.
3 The heavens, the earth, the sea, the sky,
All own thee ever present there;
Where’er I turn, thou still art nigh,
Thy Spirit dwelling everywhere.
4 O may that Spirit, ever blest,
Upon my soul in radiance shine,
Till welcomed to eternal rest,
I taste thy presence, Lord, divine!
E. A. Scott.