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[Religion undefiled and true]
We desire to hear of thee what thou, &c.
—xxviii. 22.
Religion undefiled and true
Was always by the world decried;
The wisdom, which they never knew,
They still as foolishness deride,
God's children scornfully reject,
And brand them as an impious sect.
Was always by the world decried;
The wisdom, which they never knew,
They still as foolishness deride,
God's children scornfully reject,
And brand them as an impious sect.
But followers of the Nazarene,
Our Lord's reproach we gladly share,
Rejected, and despised of men,
Till bold appearing at His bar,
His confessors with smiles He owns,
Commends, and seats us on our thrones.
Our Lord's reproach we gladly share,
Rejected, and despised of men,
Till bold appearing at His bar,
His confessors with smiles He owns,
Commends, and seats us on our thrones.
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