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[Partakers of Thy ministry]

They are not of the world, even as I am, &c. —xvii. 16.

Partakers of Thy ministry,
The men who still are sent by Thee
Are men, not of the world but God;
They all its vain desires deny,
Against its evils testify,
And tread the path their Pattern trod:
Thy mind and Spirit they possess,
The tempers of their Lord express,
Acquainted with Thy sorrows live,

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Themselves of no repute they make,
And poor becoming for Thy sake,
Thy cup in life and death receive.