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1306.

[Father, if Thou must reprove]

O Lord, correct me, but with judgment, &c. —x. 24.

Father, if Thou must reprove
For all that I have done,
Not in anger, but in love
Chastise Thine humbled son;
Use the rod, and not the sword,
Correct with kind severity,
Bring me not to nothing, Lord,
But bring me home to Thee.