When storms of life are round me beating,
When rough the path that I have trod,
Within my closet door retreating,
I love to be alone with God.

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Alone with God, the world forbidden,
Alone with God, O blest retreat!
Alone with God, and in Him hidden,
To hold with Him communion sweet.

What tho� the clouds have gathered o�er me?
What tho� I�ve passed beneath the rod?
God�s perfect will there lies before me,
When I am thus alone with God.

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�Tis there I find new strength for duty,
As o�er the sands of time I plod;
I see the King in all His beauty,
While resting there alone with God.

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And when I see the moment nearing
When I shall sleep beneath the sod,
When time with me is disappearing,
I want to be alone with God.

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