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[Our relatives who know not God]

Cornelius...had called together his kinsmen, &c. —x. 24.

Our relatives who know not God
Dear by the ties of flesh and blood
For them we kindly care,
And if our friends we truly love
The real blessings from above
We wish them all to share.
Happy alone we cannot rest,
But call'd ourselves, the gospel feast
We for their souls provide,

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That speaking in His minister
They all the voice of God may hear,
And feel the blood applied.