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 Oh then shall the veil be removed,
 * And round me thy brightness be poured,

I shall meet Him whom absent I loved,
 * Shall see him whom unseen I adored.

And then, never more shall the fears,
 * The trials, temptations, and woes,

Which darken this valley of tears,
 * Intrude on my blissful repose.

Or, if yet remembered above,
 * Remembrance no sadness shall raise,

They will be but new signs of thy love,
 * New themes for my wonder and praise.

Thus the strokes which from sin and from pain
 * Shall set me eternally free,

Will but strengthen and rivet the chain
 * Which binds me, my Saviour! to thee.