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96.

[If, taught of Him, I understand]

If, taught of Him, I understand
My Saviour's most benign command,
I shall be fully bless'd;

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True is the promise of my Lord,
The duty is its own reward,
And crown of all the rest.
Ye shall be perfect” here below,
He spake it, and it must be so;
But first He said, “Be poor;
Hunger, and thirst, repent, and grieve,
In humble, meek obedience live,
And labour, and endure.”
Thus, thus may I the prize pursue,
And all the' appointed paths pass through
To perfect poverty:
Thus let me, Lord, Thyself attain,
And give Thee up Thine own again,
Absorb'd and lost in Thee.