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117.

[Soon as in earnest we begin]

Ye are idle, ye are idle, &c. —v. 17.

Soon as in earnest we begin
Our God to serve and please,
Our labour to escape from sin
Is counted idleness:
Yet will we labour on, till He,
Our great Redeemer come,
And set our hearts at liberty,
And take His servants home.