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THE LIFE EVERLASTING
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From St. Augustine.
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so my soul should panteth after thee, O God. My
soul hath thirsted after the strong living God;
when shall I come and appear before the face of God? O
thou Fountain of life, thou spring of living waters, when
shall I pass from this desert, pathless, barren land to the
waters of thy sweetness, to see thy beauty and thy glory,
and to slake my soul’s thirst at the gushing streams of thy
love? I thirst, O Lord: thou art the fountain of life; give
thou me to drink. I thirst, O my Lord; I thirst for thee, the
living God: oh, when shall I come and appear before thy
face! Shall I invery deed see that day,that day of joy and
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gladness, that day which the Lord hath made that we
may rejoice and be glad in it?
O bright and glorious day, which knoweth no evening,
whose sun shall no more go down; in which I shall hear
the voice of praise, the voice of joy and thanksgiving, thy
voice saying unto me: Enter into the joy of thy Lord;
enter into joy everlasting, into the house of the Lord thy
God, where are things great and unsearchable, and
wonderful things without number; enter into joy wherein
is no sorrow, but untroubled gladness; wherein is all
manner of good, and no manner of thing that is evil;
where all thine heart’s desire shall be satisfied, and all
thou fearest and hatest shall be far from thee; where life
shall be calm, and glad, and thrilling; wherein the hateful
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