<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=537696" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Olney Hymn 36: Afflictions Sanctified By The Word</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh how I love Thy holy Word, <br>Thy gracious covenant, O Lord! <br>It guides me in the peaceful way; <br>I think upon it all the day. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">What are the mines of shining wealth, <br>The strength of youth, the bloom of health! <br>What are all joys compared with those <br>Thine everlasting Word bestows! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Long unafflicted, undismay'd, <br>In pleasure's path secure I stray'd; <br>Thou mad'st me feel thy chast'ning rod, <br>And straight I turned unto my God. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">What though it pierced my fainting heart, <br>I bless'd Thine hand that caused the smart: <br>It taught my tears awhile to flow, <br>But saved me from eternal woe. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh! hadst Thou left me unchastised, <br>Thy precepts I had still despised; <br>And still the snare in secret laid <br>Had my unwary feet betray'd. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I love Thee, therefore, O my God, <br>And breathe towards Thy dear abode; <br>Where, in Thy presence fully blest, <br>Thy chosen saints for ever rest.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Cowper">William Cowper</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=537696" data-title="Olney Hymn 36: Afflictions Sanctified By The Word de William Cowper" data-description="Oh how I love Thy holy Word, Thy gracious covenant, O Lord! It guides me in the peaceful way; I think upon it all the day. What are the mines of shining wealth, The strength of youth, the bloom of health! What are all joys compared with tho..."></div> </div> </div>

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