University of Virginia Library

2472.

[Of whom should His apostles speak]

They commanded that they should not speak, &c. —v. 40.

Of whom should His apostles speak
But Him who fills their hearts and mind,
Who sends them forth, the lost to seek,
To call and gather all mankind?
And all entrusted with His word
Forbid by men will God obey;
We must proclaim our dying Lord,
Though pain and death obstruct the way.