We cannot kindle when we will Jh 3:8,
The fire which in the heart resides; Ps 39:3, Jr 20:9
The spirit bloweth and is still, Acts 2:2, Rev 7:1
In mystery our soul abides. Col 1:27, Eph 3:4, Rm 8:19
But tasks in hours of insight will’d Ex 26:30, Lk 9:28-31
Can be through hours of gloom fulfill’d. Lk 9:37-41
With aching hands and bleeding feet 2 Cor 6:4, 2 Cor 4:8-9
We dig and heap, lay stone on stone; 1 Pt 2:5
We bear the burden and the heat Mt 11:29-30
Of the long day, and wish ’twere done. Mt 20:12
Not till the hours of light return, 1 Cor 4:5
All we have built do we discern. 1 Cor 3:12-15
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Therefore: 1 Cor 15:58, Eph 4:1, 1 Tim 6:12, 2 Tim 4:7-8
