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The Spiritual Birth
Thy knowledge cannot reach
Unto the heavenly birth;
Thou knowest only what is done
Below, upon the earth.
Unto the heavenly birth;
Thou knowest only what is done
Below, upon the earth.
Believe, and thou shalt know
Things holy and divine;
Things unperceived by mortal sense,
By faith alone are thine.
Things holy and divine;
Things unperceived by mortal sense,
By faith alone are thine.
To naught the Lord compares
The Spirit, but the wind;
Whose voice indeed we listening hear,
But none its way can find.
The Spirit, but the wind;
Whose voice indeed we listening hear,
But none its way can find.
It calls thee to repent,
Christ's kingdom enter in;
And while thou dwellest here below,
The heavenly life begin.
Christ's kingdom enter in;
And while thou dwellest here below,
The heavenly life begin.
Obey the Spirit's call,
And by its voice be led;
And thou within the heavenly courts,
At length shall surely tread.
And by its voice be led;
And thou within the heavenly courts,
At length shall surely tread.
Poem No. 713; c. November 1868
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