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“WHEN DA WNS ON EARTH.”
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Share in our bliss, who have attained
The rapture of the eternal years.

“How proud the promise which endures,
The Son that deigned, the Son that died;
Have reached our haven by His side —
Are Christ's, but none the less are yours:

“Yours with a nearness never known
While parted by the veils of sense;
Infinite knowledge, joy intense,
A love which is not love alone,

“But faith perfected, vision free,
And patience limitless and wise—
Beloved, the Lord is risen, arise!
And dare to be as glad aswe!”

We do rejoice, we do give thanks,
Oh! blessed ones, for all you gain,
As dimly through these mists of pain
We catch the gleaming of your ranks.

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