Death & Dying
The Last Wish, 18
From Hymns and Sacred Poems (1749) · Osborn ed., vol. 5 (1869)
Thee, Jesus, full of truth and grace,
Our Saviour we adore;
Thee in affliction's furnace praise,
And magnify Thy power.
Thy power in human weakness shown,
Shall make us all entire;
We now Thy guardian presence own,
And walk unburnt in fire.
Thee, Son of Man, by faith we see,
And glory in our Guide;
Surrounded, and upheld by Thee,
The fiery test abide.
The fire our graces shall refine,
Till moulded from above
We bear the character Divine,
The stamp of perfect love.
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