In The Garden Of The Lord (1913)

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IN THE GARDEN

OF THE LORD.

oF the

Gertrude W. Seiberh

BIBLE K TRACT SOCIETY

BROOKLYN TABERNACLE. NEW YORK

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came to me

Beloved, lav thy cross

aside, and come with Me awhile, For 1 would have thee 'a ia

rest within the Garden of the Lord.”

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' fair children

of' the air.

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sweet'- peas.

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crirpsop

Apd rocind abociT our feet?

lt5e violets i pestled ip tfieir

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purple grief.

Apd close beside, 1 he lilies o| the valley be pt" in

sweet""

h u m i I i ly.

upon sorqe drooping flower,

(p ano men I saw;

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0 titside ttSe gardens ivy-covered walls, raiyed down hpop the lilies, _ while 1

c I a ng i r? terror to ipv Heavenly Guide.

Peace,

I He slorn?

The tempest” ceased and there 4 k

was calm.

The wopdrous liojbT grew dim, the garden vanished, and 1 woke.

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The Master bad nor C i 1

s poker? tbzis. a nd yef I seemed to know,

The fair dream - garden was a pic Tore of H is “ little ones?

He peilher sleeps nor si dm be rs

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i n 111 s walcl? -care over these.

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And then the tl?odgbt-If in this garden

I rnighhchoose rm.£ p I ac e, wo ci Id I be I i k e the rose ’?

Ab no! IesTi n rny passionate zeal To sl^ow by works rr?v bearh of love,

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I sbocikS forget" ii?e thorns,

Dear I_'Ord,and wodnd C 4.

The loving

and sod nd I hv blessed Iriiib o'er land and sea

in clearTopcd eloquence.

Ab no, _ I might' not' bear the storms that' beatupon the one whose bead

Fboci nasi' uplifted far above his fellows,-

At?d ashinipg mark

fo r S a taf? s barts.

or? each and all t L L

1 i?aT g a rd e p’s ! o ve ly

or?es,__

1 her? cried _

”My biessed Lord,

if I rpighl1 choose, oly leT n?e be 1be

Terpder grass__