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"I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. " -- St. John XIV: 18.
Return, dear Lord, to those who look / With eager eyes that yearn / For Thee among the garden flowers; / After the dark and lonely hours, / As morning light return.
Return to those who wander far, / With lamps that dimly burn, / Along the troubled road of thought, / Where doubt and conflict come unsought, -- / With inward joy return.
Return to those on whom the yoke / Of life is hard and stern; / Renew the hope within their breast, / Draw them to Thee and give them rest; / O Friend of Man, return.
Return to this war-weary world, / And help us all to learn / Thy secret of victorious life, / The love that triumphs over strife, -- / O prince of Peace, return.
Jesus, we ask not now that day / When all men shall discern / Thy coming with the angelic host; / Today, to all who need Thee most, / In silent ways, return!