Heart Songs

<h2><SPAN name="GOD_LOVETH_US" id="GOD_LOVETH_US"></SPAN>God Loveth Us</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="letra">G</span>OD loveth us! in pain or bliss,<br/></span> <span class="i2">O heart, be true and strong!<br/></span> <span class="i0">God loveth us, and knowing this<br/></span> <span class="i2">We know life’s sweetest song.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">God loveth us! O eyes that find<br/></span> <span class="i2">Life’s lesson hard to read,<br/></span> <span class="i0">By tears of loss made dim and blind<br/></span> <span class="i2">Learn His great love instead.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">God loveth us! O hands that grasp<br/></span> <span class="i2">At human tenderness,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And then in emptiness unclasp,<br/></span> <span class="i2">He waits to fill and bless.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">God loveth us! O weary feet<br/></span> <span class="i2">That find life’s pathway long,<br/></span> <span class="i0">His love provides a rest so sweet<br/></span> <span class="i2">The hope of it makes strong.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">God loveth us! O hearts that ache<br/></span> <span class="i2">With striving all in vain,<br/></span> <span class="i0">His tender hand is reached to take<br/></span> <span class="i2">The bitterness and pain.<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_206" id="page_206"></SPAN>{206}</span><br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">God loveth us! O fallen one<br/></span> <span class="i2">Creep upward to the light,<br/></span> <span class="i0">God’s radiant stars shine on and on,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Until the dawn grows bright.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">God loveth us! in pain or bliss,<br/></span> <span class="i2">O heart be true and strong,<br/></span> <span class="i0">God loveth us! and knowing this,<br/></span> <span class="i2">We know life’s sweetest song.<br/></span></div> </div></div> <p class="c"><ANTIMG src="images/deco.png" width-obs="25" alt="[Decorative image unavailable.]" /></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />