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[Absolute faith, O Lord, I owe]

Call no man your father. —xxiii. 9.

Absolute faith, O Lord, I owe
To Thee and none beside,
Thine only word and Spirit know
My never-erring guide;
Submission absolute I pay
To no commands but Thine;
But taught through man, rejoice to' obey,
The' authority Divine.