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A LITTLE BOOK

OF

LIFE AND
DEATH

Selected and Arranged by

ELIZABETH WATERHOUSE

WITH A FRONTISPIECE

FROM A PAINTING

By G. F. WATTS, R.A.

LONDON

METHUEN & CO.

36 ESSEX STREET W.C.

MDCCCCII

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
CLAPP FUND

July 1, 197

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To A. W.

Lord, it belongs not to my care
Whether I die or live;

To love and serve Thee is my share,
And that Thy grace must give.

If life be long, I will be glad,
That I may long obey;

If short, yet why should I be sad

To soar to endless day?

Christ leads me through no darker rooms

Than He went through before;

He that unto God's kingdom comes

Must enter by His door.

Come, Lord, when grace has made me meet

Thy blessed face to see;

For, if Thy work on earth be sweet,

What will Thy glory be?

My knowledge of that life is small,
The eye of faith is dim;

But 'tis enough that Christ knows all,
And I shall be with Him.

RICHARD BAXTER

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