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LIVING FOR JESUS

“Living for Jesus day by day,
Following just as he leads the way,
Never a choice in great or small,
Doing his will, and that is all.

“Living for Jesus! All the while
Hiding the tear with song and smile.
The world could not feel if it knew the smart,
And Jesus will comfort the sorrowing heart.

“Living for Jesus everywhere!
Dropping a seed both here and there;
No care for the fruit that will surely come,
For the Master will gather the harvest home.

“Living for Jesus in pleasure or pain,
Joy or sorrow, sunshine or rain!
Culling rare flowers from the bitter and sweet,
Learning great lessons the while at his feet.

“Living for Jesus! Just little things
In our daily life may take the wings
Of messengers, swift and strong and brave,
And—God only knows—a soul may save.

“Living for Jesus! Living, not dead,
Drawing rich life from the Fountain-head!
Quietly watering, though unseen,
Many a life from the Living Stream.

“Living in Jesus! Abiding in him,
His life, peace and rest, atonement for sin—
All mine in their fulness and richness, replete
With the joys of the Spirit—the Comforter sweet.

“Such may life be, O glorious Son!
Mystical union here begun—
One with the Father, the Spirit and Thee,
Living through time and eternity.”—Selected.

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— November, 1891 —