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“The Lord be with you!” steals the benediction
With solemn splendor like a falling star;
In morns of joy and midnights of affliction,
It breathes its echoed sweetness near and far.

“The Lord be with you!” when the shadows hold you;
And prove His loving power to soothe and bless;
When dangers darken and when fears enfold you,
“The Lord be with you!” in His tenderness.

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— January 15, 1913 —