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JOINT HEIRS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There came a precious meaning
Last Line: By saints and angels heard.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Heaven; Jesus Christ; Praise; Prayer; Paradise


THERE came a precious meaning
Into the Word to-day—
A waft of sweetness from the land
That is not far away,
A thought so pure, so high, so strong,
That in my lonely lot
I kept the measure of a song,
A song where pain is not.

Joint heirs with Christ the Blessed,
The Father's equal Son,
So lifted into equal place
With that beloved One,
So given rights of sonship
Before the Father's face,
So made the heir of all things,
By Heaven's most royal grace.

Not as the younger children
Who forth from home may fare,
But as the first-born of the line
The birthright I shall share.
In the presence of the Father,
Uplifted by the Son,
I shall be loved as Christ is loved,
And dwell anear His throne.

Dear thought that bids me cherish
To-day the hidden name
Which will be mine when Jesus
His own shall come to claim;
Dear hope that casts its glory,
A charm o'er daily care,
And gives me joy and freedom
Oft as I kneel in prayer.

Joint heir with Christ the Blessed,
The Christ-life mine to live,
And every day some sacrifice
Of mine own will to give:
Some trial to endure for Him,
Some brother's load to ease,
Or in the quiet home routine
Some little child to please.

Joint heir with Christ in heaven,
Joint heir with Christ on earth,
Made equal in the Father's sight,
Divinely dowered in birth.
A waft of precious meaning
Comes floating from that word,
A harp note from the ceaseless strain
By saints and angels heard.





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