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[First our Lord vouchsafes to praise]

Jesus began to say . . . concerning John, What, &c. —xi. 7.

First our Lord vouchsafes to praise
His servant's constancy:
Every minister of grace
Should thus unshaken be,
Stand the shock of earth and hell,
Firm as anvil to the stroke,
Steadfast and immovable
As that Eternal Rock.