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Renewal Of Strength.

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The prison-house in which I live          Is falling to decay,      But God renews my spirit's strength,          Within these walls of clay.      For me a dimness slowly creeps          Around earth's fairest light,      But heaven grows clearer to my view,          And fairer to my sight.      It may be earth's sweet harmonies          Are duller to my ear,      But music from my Father's house          Begins to float more near.      Then let the pillars of my home          Crumble and fall away;      Lo, God's dear love within my soul          Renews it day by day.

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