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Jesus, my lightMy sight is dim and clouded;my heavy heart, weighed down.Nothing can give me comfortexcept thy love alone.And so I beg thee, my heart’s friend:such peace on me bestowthat nothing ever cloud the sunthat shines on me, below.O Jesus, Savior, thou aloneart my heart’s light and joy.Nothing can thy brightnessever hinder or destroy.And I shall trust thee gladly –for my strength comes from thee –and build my life on thee alone,who worketh wondrously.Breslau, July 1905GolgothaMay honor and praise be thine alone,O Savior mine, eternally.May, hour by hour, thy glory growuntil the whole world knows of thee!Lord Jesus, how I wish I hadthe voice to fittingly proclaimaloud the grace of Golgotha,where for my sins you bore all blame.Yes, what took place there on the crossshall be forever in my sight.And when I brood on past regretsI shall be quickened by its light.And when temptations plague my heart(though I have long since died with thee)I think upon thy cross, which robsthe devil of his claims on me.Whate’er befall me, praise or blame,my old self hangs upon thy Tree,and thus I’ll cry through every land,“The Lamb of God has died for me!”And so each day I’m given new faithto live from him, and him alone.Yes, he’s my vine – my source of life –for I could not live on my own.Breslau, October 17, 1905P O E M S & R H Y M E D P R A Y E R S:E B E R H A R D A R N O L D 9