159. All Things That God or Man Could Wish
C.M.
by P. Doddridge
All things that God or man could wish,
Not to our eyes is light so dear,
“For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him. And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell.” (Colossians 1:16-19)
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Oh may His name still cheer our hearts
And shed its fragrance there!
The sweetest balm of every wound,
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