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[The infidel his doom shall bear]

He that believeth not shall be damned. —xvi. 16.

The infidel his doom shall bear,
In endless torment cry,
But never doth our Lord declare
“The unbaptized shall die:”
In education's fetters bound
Who miss the outward way,
Yet love their God, shall all be found
His people in that day.
He winks at ignorance sincere
In them that knew His grace;
But no unholy souls appear
Before His glorious face:
Baptized, or unbaptized, they all
Shall die the second death,
And banish'd from His presence fall
Into their place beneath.