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The years are many since his hand	A
Was laid upon my head	B
Too weak and young to understand	A
The serious words he said	B
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Yet often now the good man's look	C
Before me seems to swim	D
As if some inward feeling took	C
The outward guise of him	D
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As if in passion's heated war	E
Or near temptation's charm	F
Through him the low voiced monitor	G
Forewarned me of the harm	F
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Stranger and pilgrim from that day	H
Of meeting first and last	I
Wherever Duty's pathway lay	H
His reverent steps have passed	I
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The poor to feed the lost to seek	J
To proffer life to death	K
Hope to the erring to the weak	J
The strength of his own faith	L
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To plead the captive's right remove	M
The sting of hate from Law	N
And soften in the fire of love	O
The hardened steel of War	E
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He walked the dark world in the mild	P
Still guidance of the Light	Q
In tearful tenderness a child	P
A strong man in the right	Q
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From what great perils on his way	H
He found in prayer release	R
Through what abysmal shadows lay	H
His pathway unto peace	R
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God knoweth we could only see	S
The tranquil strength he gained	T
The bondage lost in liberty	S
The fear in love unfeigned	S
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And I my youthful fancies grown	U
The habit of the man	V
Whose field of life by angels sown	U
The wilding vines o'erran	U
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Low bowed in silent gratitude	S
My manhood's heart enjoys	W
That reverence for the pure and good	S
Which blessed the dreaming boy's	W
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Still shines the light of holy lives	X
Like star beams over doubt	S
Each sainted memory Christlike drives	Y
Some dark possession out	S
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O friend O brother I not in vain	U
Thy life so calm and true	Z
The silver dropping of the rain	U
The fall of summer dew	Z
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How many burdened hearts have prayed	S
Their lives like thine might be	S
But more shall pray henceforth for aid	S
To lay them down like thee	S
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With weary hand yet steadfast will	A2
In old age as in youth	B2
Thy Master found thee sowing still	A2
The good seed of His truth	B2
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As on thy task field closed the day	S
In golden skied decline	U
His angel met thee on the way	S
And lent his arm to thine	U
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Thy latest care for man thy last	S
Of earthly thought a prayer	C2
Oh who thy mantle backward cast	S
Is worthy now to wear	C2
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Methinks the mound which marks thy bed	S
Might bless our land and save	D2
As rose of old to life the dead	S
Who touched the prophet's grave	D2

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