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 Through the  veiled  future,  Lord,  be  this My prayer,  my  plea. That it  may  bring  me  nearer  still, Dear Lord,  to  Thee.

Jesus, Jesus! dearest Lord! Forgive me  if  I  say For very  love  Thy  Sacred  Name A thousand  times  a  day.

I love  Thee  so,  I  know  not  how My transports  to  control; Thy love  is  like  a  burning  fire Within my  very  soul.

O wonderful! that Thou  shouldst  let So vile  a  heart  as  mine Love Thee  with  such  a  love  as  this, And make  so  free  with  Thine.

For Thou  to  me  art  all  in  all, My honor  and  my  wealth, My heart's  desire,  my  body's  strength, My soul's  eternal  health.

What limit  is  there  to  thee,  love? Thy flight  where  wilt  thou  stay? On! on! Our Lord  is  sweeter  far To-day than  yesterday.

Oh, love  of  Jesus! Blessed love! So will  it  ever  be; Time can  not  hold  thy  wondrous  growth, No, nor  eternity!

— Father  Faber,