BERNARD of Clairvaux (1091-1153)
Tr. Rev. EDWARD CASWALL, 1849

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HOLY TRINITY C. M.

Sir JOSEPH BARNBY, 1861

1. Jesus, the ver y thought of Thee With sweetness fills my
2. Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame, Nor
3. O Hope of ev'ry con - trite heart, O

breast;

can the mem-ory find, Joy of all the meek,

On Thee we cast each earth-born care, We smile at pain while Thou art near.
No path we shun, no darkness dread,Our hearts still whisp'ring, Thou art near.
The murm'ring wind, the quiv'ring leaf,Shall softly tell us Thou art near.
Content to suf- fer, while we know, Liv-ing and dy - ing,Thou art near.

A-men.

My God and Father, while I stray Far from my home in life's rough way,