Blessed Are They That Hunger

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And Thirst After Righteousness: For They Shall Be Filled

If we were longing for the bread

That cometh down from heaven;

If for the water that he said

To thirsty souls is given;

Then boldly should we come to thee,

And plead for that we want;

For in our souls desire would be

An earnest of the grant.

But when thy sun shines from the skies,

Earth smiles back to her lord:

In upward looks our hopes arise,

Responsive to thy word.

Our souls, dry empty vessels set

Thy rain to hold and lend,

Lie open to thy heaven, O let

The righteousness descend.

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