And I have grown in faith and charity,

Dear Lord, be thine the glory! Thou hast wrought,

All unaware, the blessing that I sought.

O that these lips might praise thee as they ought!

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BE ALWAYS GIVING

The sun gives ever; so the earth—

What it can give so much 'tis worth;

The ocean gives in many ways—

Gives baths, gives fishes, rivers, bays;