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Spring 1978—Grace |
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1. O come unto me! I am Christ, the Savior of men. Give me your heart. Let it break: I will mend it again. Take my burden with joy. Believe me. It’s easy to bear, And the day of this life is the time for men to prepare. 2. Come and open your door, for behold, I stand here and knock. Surely ’tis I, your Redeemer, your Master, your Rock. When you open to me, I’ll come in, and we’ll sit down and sup. And that meal will suffice, ’til the hour when I’ll raise you up. 3. If you love me, you’ll keep my commandments. Lo, I command: As I have loved you, so help one another to stand. O remember my poor! Uplift the distressed tenderly: Inasmuch as you do it to them, you do it to me. 4. Truly happy the man who delights in the law of the Lord: He shall increase, as a tree nourished full by my word. His fruit shall not fail, and when he shall enter my rest, Grateful friends and descendants shall rise and call his name blessed. 5. So what manner of men, O my friends, ought you to be? Even as I, showing works you observed first in me. Let your love cast out fear: evil shall perish at length. As I’ve called you to act in my name, I’ll give you my strength. 6. In our purpose, the Father and I have always been one: Bringing you life in abundance, that’s why I Am come. I’ve perfected the work our Father assigned me to do, And I’ve gone up on high to prepare a mansion for you. 7. Immortality’s free, and the path is narrow but plain, Leading to life of a kind kings may covet in vain. By suffering I learned obedience, though I Am the Son: Follow me, and the life of the gods will be yours when you’ve done. 8. Have I said unto any, ’Begone! I don’t want you here!’? No--if you’re far away, you’ve chosen not to stay near. Come, you ends of the earth! Partake of my bread and my wine. I can give them: the Father’s proclaimed all things are now mine.
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