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BEATITUDO. (C.M.) 𝅗𝅥 = 96.

John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876).

George MacDonald (1824-1905).

SPEAK to our hearts, Father, say What we have been to thee; How we have wandered far away, And hardly turned to see.
Then lifted hands will hide the face ; Then tears our grief will prove, That such hath been the Father's grace, And such the children's love.
Then shall our spirits hold at once A comfort and a pain; For we shall know thy wandering sons Are turning home again.
With such glad grief, such tearful joy, Be our repentance blest; Thy comfort then, without alloy, Shall give us heavenly rest.

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