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come to me in one stretch, but in a series of disconnected tunnels. In each of these the outer day is indeed shut off, but a lamp within, kindling up, makes the darkness light. Whether the tunnel I am now in is the ultimate or penultimate I know not, for the heralds of the way will not tell, but run before, shouting, " The city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it ; for the glory of the Lord doth lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof." All I know is that the last tunnel is on the east of the land of Beulah, towards the rising of the Sun, and opens in the face of the Golden Gate where are the Shining Ones. How far it is off I cannot tell. The ever lasting hills are covered with a golden haze. Glory be to God !
For ever here my rest shall be,
Close to Thy bleeding side ; This all my hope and all my plea,
For me the Saviour died.
Hymn 533. Jesus, my Life! Thyself apply. CHARLES WESLEY (i).
Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1740 ; Works t i. 284. Christ our Sanctification. I Cor. i. 30. The last verse is
My inward holiness Thou art,
For faith hath made Thee mine : With all Thy fulness fill my heart,
Till all I am is Thine !
Hymn 534. Holy Lamb, who Thee receive.
ANNA DOBER (1713-39) ; translated by JOHN WESLEY (36).
Du heiliges Kind was written for a children s school-feast, and published in Appendix III. to the Herrnhut Gesang-Ruch, 1735. It is the only hymn of hers which has become widely known. Wesley s translation appeared in Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1740 ; Works, i. 280.
This lady, whose maiden name was Schindler, went to Herrnhut in 1725, and in 1730 joined a friend in forming the Jungfrauenbund of unmarried sisters there. She was con spicuous for her zeal and ability. In 1737 she married Leonard
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