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God hath his mysteries of grace,

Ways that we cannot tell,

He hides them deep, like the secret sleep

Of him he loved so well.

Cecil Frances Alexander (1818–1895), Irish poet. The Burial of Moses (l. 77–80). . .

Best Loved Religious Poems, The. James Gilchrist Lawson, comp. (1933) Fleming H. Revell Company.

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