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| GOD of the living, in Whose eyes | |
| Unveiled Thy whole creation lies; | |
| All souls are Thine; we must not say, | |
| That those are dead who pass away; | |
| From this our world of flesh set free, | 5 |
| We know them living unto Thee. | |
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| Released from earthly toil and strife, | |
| With Thee is hidden still their life; | |
| Thine are their thoughts, their works, their powers, | |
| All Thine, and yet most truly ours; | 10 |
| For well we know, where’er they be, | |
| Our dead are living unto Thee. | |
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| Not spilt like water on the ground, | |
| Not wrapped in dreamless sleep profound, | |
| Not wandering in unknown despair | 15 |
| Beyond Thy voice, Thine arm, Thy care; | |
| Not left to lie like fallen tree; | |
| Not dead, but living unto Thee. | |
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| Thy word is true, Thy will is just; | |
| To Thee we leave them, Lord, in trust; | 20 |
| And bless Thee for the love which gave | |
| Thy Son to fill a human grave, | |
| That none might fear that world to see | |
| Where all are living unto Thee. | |
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| O Breather into man of breath, | 25 |
| O Holder of the keys of death, | |
| O Quickener of the life within, | |
| Save us from death, the death of sin | |
| That body, soul, and spirit, be | |
| For ever living unto Thee. | 30 |
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