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EVERLASTING praise to Thee,
Holy Father of our Lord;
Joyful let the faithful be,
Resting on Thy perfect word.
Thou dost give the self-same life
Which in Jesus fully shone;
Holy, meek, afar from strife,
Sufferer, yet Thy very Son.
Such Thy calling even we,
Wondrous truth! in Him to live,
Children Thine on earth to be,
Soon Christ's likeness to receive.
Now the Spirit from above
Thou hast given us to abide,
Witness of the Father's love -
Of the Bridegroom's to His bride.
May our hearts o'erflow with praise,
As we wait for Christ to come;
May we each His footsteps trace
Till He fetch us to His home.