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Obedience
My word will teach obedience thou wilt learnFrom me the perfect path the living way
Go forward for thy service now shall earn
For thee a sure a never ceasing pay
Thou hast let thee out to one untrue
Who will not give thee for thy labor given
Serve me within be inwardly a Jew
And thou shalt reign with me a priest in heaven
Thy way lies onward bright and brighter still
Till thou on earth hast fought the fight for me
And done within my Father's perfect will
Then from thy bondage here I'll set you free
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But ever in me live and in me love.
Poem No. 344; fall 1838–summer 1839
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