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I Love to Steal Away by Phoebe Hinsdale Brown

Published March 12, 2018 |

By womenofchristianity

I LOVE to steal awhile away

From every cumbering care,

And spend the hours of setting day

In humble, grateful prayer.

I love, in solitude, to shed

The penitential tear;

And all His promises to plead,

When none but God can hear.

I love to think on mercies past,

And future good implore;

And all my cares and sorrows cast

On Him whom I adore.

I love, by faith, to take a view

Of brighter scenes in heaven;

The prospect doth my strength renew,

While here by tempests driven.

Thus, when life’s toilsome day is o’er,

May its departing ray

Be calm as this impressive hour,

And lead to endless day.

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Posted in Phoebe Hinsdale Brown, Poems/Hymns |

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“Many do not recognize the fact as they ought, that Satan has got men fast asleep in sin and that it is his great device to keep them so. He does not care what we do if he can do that. We may sing songs about the sweet by and by, preach sermons and say prayers until doomsday, and he will never concern himself about us, if we don’t wake anybody up. But if we awake the sleeping sinner he will gnash on us with his teeth. This is our work – to wake people up.” – Catherine Booth

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