488 At First I Prayed for Light
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At first I prayed for light:
Could I but see the way
How gladly swiftly would I walk
To everlasting day!
At first I prayed for light:
Could I but see the way
How gladly swiftly would I walk
To everlasting day!
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And next I prayed for strength:
That I might tread the road
With firm unfaltering feet and win
The heaven s serene abode.
And next I prayed for strength:
That I might tread the road
With firm unfaltering feet and win
The heaven s serene abode.
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And then I asked for faith:
Could I but trust my God
I d live infolded in His peace
Though foes were all abroad.
And then I asked for faith:
Could I but trust my God
I d live infolded in His peace
Though foes were all abroad.
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But now I pray for love:
Deep love to God and man;
A living love that will not fail
However dark His plan.
But now I pray for love:
Deep love to God and man;
A living love that will not fail
However dark His plan.
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And light and strength and faith
Are opening everywhere!
God waited patiently until
I prayed the larger prayer.
And light and strength and faith
Are opening everywhere!
God waited patiently until
I prayed the larger prayer.