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It Is Finished.

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Dear Lord, let me recount to Thee     Some of the great things thou hast done     For me, even me     Thy little one.     It was not I that cared for Thee, -     But Thou didst set Thy heart upon     Me, even me     Thy little one.     And therefore was it sweet to Thee     To leave Thy Majesty and Throne,     And grow like me     A Little One,     A swaddled Baby on the knee     Of a dear Mother of Thine own,     Quite weak like me     Thy little one.     Thou didst assume my misery,     And reap the harvest I had sown,     Comforting me     Thy little one.     Jerusalem and Galilee, -     Thy love embraced not those alone,     But also me     Thy little one.     Thy unblemished Body on the Tree     Was bared and broken to atone     For me, for me     Thy little one.     Thou lovedst me upon the Tree, -     Still me, hid by the ponderous stone, -     Me always, - me     Thy little one.     And love of me arose with Thee     When death and hell lay overthrown:     Thou lovedst me     Thy little one.     And love of me went up with Thee     To sit upon Thy Father's Throne:     Thou lovest me     Thy little one.     Lord, as Thou me, so would I Thee     Love in pure love's communion,     For Thou lov'st me     Thy little one:     Which love of me brings back with Thee     To Judgment when the Trump is blown,     Still loving me     Thy little one.

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