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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, Cal. · Feb 13, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 7.

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"PERFECT THRU SUFFERING."

By Bishop S. W. Doane

PERFECT thru sufferings may it be, Saviour made perfect thus for me; I bow, I kiss, I bless the rod That brings me nearer to my God.
Perfect thru sufferings, by Thy cross, The crucible to purge my dross; Welcome for that its pangs, its scorns, Its scourge, its nails, its crown of thorns.
Perfect thru sufferings, heap the fire, And pile the sacrificial pyre, But spare each loved and loving one, And let me feel the flames alone.
Perfect thru sufferings, urge the blast, More free, more full, more fierce, more fast. It recks not where the dust be trod, So the flame bring my soul to God. —Bishop S. W. Doane.