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571.

[Scarce have we put the harness on]

Let not him that girdeth on his harness, &c. —xx. 11.

Scarce have we put the harness on,
When nature thinks, the work is done,
Defies the world and Satan's hosts,
And of her own perfection boasts:
But veterans in the service know
Their work is never done below;
And when to Christ their spirits they give,
They cease at once to fight and live.