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3413.

[Thy hasty servant, Lord, restrain]

Believe not every spirit. —iv. 1.

Thy hasty servant, Lord, restrain,
Till perfectly renew'd,
As prone alas, to trust in man,
As to mistrust my God!
And lest I every spirit receive
With blind credulity,
Help me each moment to believe
With all my soul in Thee.