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531.

[Jesus, the truth of simple love]

Jesus answered . . . unto them, I also will, &c. —xxi. 24.

Jesus, the truth of simple love
Refuses a direct reply,
The' ensnaring tempters to reprove,
Whose hearts are naked to His eye,
Their foul hypocrisy to' expose,
And baffle His most crafty foes.