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THE BLESSED COMPANY OF
They shall increase,
And with the fulness of the earth be satisfied.
Blessed they, He said,
After righteousness an-hungerèd;
Blessed they whose thirst
The pleasures of this world accurst
Have not stilled;
With My bread
Shall the famishèd be fed;
With My wine the parchèd lips be filled.
And with the fulness of the earth be satisfied.
Blessed they, He said,
After righteousness an-hungerèd;
Blessed they whose thirst
The pleasures of this world accurst
Have not stilled;
With My bread
Shall the famishèd be fed;
With My wine the parchèd lips be filled.
Blessed, blessed they
The merciful, whose ears
Are swift to hear the crying of distress;
Soft as the rain in summer fall their tears;
Their place is found beside the fatherless.
Yea,
Blessed they
To whom the outcast and the poor complain
Not in vain;
Mercies numberless
They hereafter shall obtain.
The merciful, whose ears
Are swift to hear the crying of distress;
Soft as the rain in summer fall their tears;
Their place is found beside the fatherless.
Yea,
Blessed they
To whom the outcast and the poor complain
Not in vain;
Mercies numberless
They hereafter shall obtain.
Blessed are the pure in heart, He said,
Whose feet the paths of holiness do tread,
Whose looks are God-ward, and whose hands are clean;
Through glories manifold
Shall they behold
Him whom no eye hath seen.
Whose feet the paths of holiness do tread,
Whose looks are God-ward, and whose hands are clean;
Through glories manifold
Shall they behold
Him whom no eye hath seen.
