Cantique : When path retrace Lord! O the we

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earth men we O on trod,
To Thou retrace
Which faithfulness Lord! hast the love grace,
Thy wondrous path and God; When to Thy

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than save; the sorely Thy that the very pierced man spear forth blood Thy side
Drew grave;
The by to stronger so love, tried,
Proved

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Though works Thou no spak’st were through grief,
Thy all ever good;
Although midst murmuring word. Thy and didst life,
Thou sorrows woes pass

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Thy in confess,
And didst darkness light,
Thou name amidst Father’s only Faithful His unfaithfulness,
’Mid delight; will

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wiles,
Or suffering, Satan’s the shame, uncheered to Unmoved earthly by by loss,
Thy cross. path, subtle smiles,
Led and only

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at Thee wonder learning, like mind,
And our rest find
In be,
And would Thee. all We of lowly Lord, fain and pleasure Thy

When path retrace Lord! O the we