The Westminster hymnal : the only collection authorized by the hierarchy of England and Wales . i im z-^=^;=M=^. P=^=^- ^tW^-T^ ^ -^ ^ . S-> I I f-^ -^=^ -f^- -f^^ -, -(S» -/^ -/^- tS»- -fS- -^ :^2zi,^^±:^ :^^?2: (S^ r^z:^tgz?d:il -iSh- :P2: f--^-i 1— I I, I I I -^ S^^^a^s. O:\rOTHER ! will it always be,That every passing yearShall make thee seem more beautiful,Shall make thee grow more dear % O Mother ! thou art like the lifeThe blessed lead above, Unchangeable, yet growing stillIn glory and in love. And art thou really infinite,That thou shouldst thus unfold Fresh glories every feast t
The Westminster hymnal : the only collection authorized by the hierarchy of England and Wales . i im z-^=^;=M=^. P=^=^- ^tW^-T^ ^ -^ ^ . S-> I I f-^ -^=^ -f^- -f^^ -, -(S» -/^ -/^- tS»- -fS- -^ :^2zi,^^±:^ :^^?2: (S^ r^z:^tgz?d:il -iSh- :P2: f--^-i 1— I I, I I I -^ S^^^a^s. O:\rOTHER ! will it always be,That every passing yearShall make thee seem more beautiful,Shall make thee grow more dear % O Mother ! thou art like the lifeThe blessed lead above, Unchangeable, yet growing stillIn glory and in love. And art thou really infinite,That thou shouldst thus unfold Fresh glories every feast that comes,New grandeurs j^et untold 1 We knew thee to be free from stainAs is the suns white beam ; We knew Gods Mother must be greatAbo%e what we could dream. Thou art, and yet art not, the same ; Old things pass not away ;Yet thou to-morrow wilt be more Than the ^lary of to-day. How close to God, how full of God,Dear ^[other, must thou lie ! For still the more we know of God,The more we think of thee. Yet now it seems we knew thee not; Each feast-day we beginTo know thee in a truer way, And truer love to win. This is thy gift—oh give it us I—To make God better known : Ah Mother ! make Him in our heart?:More grand and more alone. [ F. W. PABEU] ( li<0 ) THE B
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