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The Temptation
Thou shalt not live e'en by the bread alone,But by the word from out the mouth of God;
This is the bread by all his children known,
All those who tread the path their Master trod;
For this thou shalt leave all and follow him,
The Word of God that has come down from heaven;
For this thou shalt cut off the dearest limb,
That by the Father has to thee been given;
Houses and lands, mother's and father's love,
To this are cheaper than the barren sand;
This is the Life that cometh from above,
To bind the heavens in one eternal band;
And died that us from death he might recall,
And God in us and him be all in all.
Poem No. 693; late 1838–early 1839
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