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The Charge
I speak in you the word that gave you birthFear not I call you to attend my voice
Walk humbly on thy path lies through the earth
But thou shalt in the latter day rejoice
If thou to all hast spoken ever true
What thou hast heard from me who send you forth
For every secret thing is brought to view
When I before all men proclaim your worth
Speak boldly then for 'tis not you they hear
But him who in you speaks the living word
Nor those who kill the body need you fear
They cannot hear who have not of me heard
My sheep shall hear thee for I bid thee call
And hasten at thy summons one and all.
Poem No. 274; fall 1838–summer 1839
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