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OUR NEIGHBOUR.
LUKE X. 29.
“Who is my neighbour?”—Selfishness replies,“The man who best can aid your steps to rise;
The powerful—for whose favour all contend;
The wealthy—who may prove a useful friend;
The fashionable—whose notice is a grace;
In short, whoe'er is forward in the race
Of worldly honour. Such as lag behind,
The poor, th' oppressed, the wretched of mankind,—
If you are prudent, from their presence fly—
Leave them to Providence, and pass them by.”
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