Miracle of grace and power!
Pride must fall before this virtue,
Yet God's work abides each hour;
Yet God's work abides each hour.
2. True simplicity, so childlike,
Glory of humility,
From the sinful fall of Adam,
Only she makes fully free!
Only she makes fully free!
3. God alone is her true pleasure
And the rapture of her heart;
He can give her rich abundance
And her dearest wish impart;
And her dearest wish impart.
4. In such tender childlike spirit,
God His greatest power displays;
Majesty this virtue chooses
To reveal His wondrous ways;
To reveal His wondrous ways.
5. She has strength divine in conflict,
To unholy things is dead;
Never is the spoil of Satan
And in God finds peace instead;
And in God finds peace instead.
6. She has only of His giving -
Grace for grace out of God's fill,
Leads herself not, as His offspring;
God directs her as He will;
God directs her as He will.
7. True simplicity, a mirror
Where nor fraud nor guile is seen;
She the Spirit's seal is bearing,
Is His dwelling-place serene;
Is His dwelling-place serene.
8. From our earthly selves she frees us
And from all our sinful woe;
She the Lord alone hath chosen,
Hence He guards her from the foe;
Hence He guards her from the foe.
9. Thus in purity she journeys,
At God's hand, the narrow way;
And in God here bears in patience
Cross and woe from day to day;
Cross and woe from day to day.
10. Hid in God, she lives in gladness,
Looks to Him in every place;
Without fear or care or sorrow,
She beholds His holy face;
She beholds His holy face.
11. She entrusts her pilgrim journey
To God's mighty hand alone -
Looking toward the glorious ending
When God will receive His own;
When God will receive His own.
12. She is rich in gifts for others,
Is not sensitive nor vain;
Has a heart that shares sincerely
Every human ill or pain;
Every human ill or pain.
13. She seeks neither praise nor greatness;
Chiding, shame, no hurt impart;
Thinks no evil; for all goodness
Has a deeply grateful heart;
Has a deeply grateful heart.
14. What is there on earth so precious
As a child, sincere in love?
For of such is Jesus' kingdom
And eternal joy above;
And eternal joy above.
15. O thou lovely flower of heaven,
That our Savior did provide!
Thou the peace of God enjoyest
For which Jesus lived and died;
For which Jesus lived and died.
16. Holy innocence so childlike,
How my heart here yearns for thee!
Sun of grace, O purest virtue,
Jesus, shine Thou forth in me;
Jesus, shine Thou forth in me.
17. Son of God! In holy stillness
Thou didst learn the Father's way,
Grant to me that my will likewise
Thus may rest in Thee for aye!
Thus may rest in Thee for aye!
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