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Thread #2597   Message #2660719
Posted By: GUEST
20-Jun-09 - 02:24 AM
Thread Name: ADD/Origins: Seek and Ye Shall Find
Subject: RE: Seek and ye shall find.
http://www.stephen-foster-songs.de/foster173.htm

Seek and Ye Shall Find
Stephen Collins Foster, 1863
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Who has our Redeemer heard,
Whose voice was good and kind?
Thus he spoke in holy word:
Seek and ye shall find.
Chorus:
Ask and it shall be given,
Seek and ye shall find,
Every prayer is heard in heaven
That is breathed from a truthful mind.
Every prayer is heard above
That we sincerely feel,
Every sigh received with love,
When we repenting kneel.
Chorus:
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Come with gentle, contrite heart,
And seek the Saviour’s grace,
Come, that when from earth we part,
We’ll meet him face to face.
Chorus:
Life to all, our Lord has shown,
Then be to Hope resigned,
When around you, doubts are thrown,
“Seek and ye shall find.”
Chorus: