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By the Fireside.
And evermore beside him on his way
The unseen Christ shall move,
That he may lean upon his arm and say,
“ Dost thou, dear Lord, approve?”
The unseen Christ shall move,
That he may lean upon his arm and say,
“ Dost thou, dear Lord, approve?”
Beside him at the marriage feast shall be,
To make the scene more fair;
Beside him in the dark Gethsemane
Of pain and midnight prayer.
To make the scene more fair;
Beside him in the dark Gethsemane
Of pain and midnight prayer.
O holy trust! O endless sense of rest!
Like the beloved John
To lay his head upon the Saviour's breast,
And thus to journey on!
Like the beloved John
To lay his head upon the Saviour's breast,
And thus to journey on!