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The True Worshipers
No outward service doth the Lord require,So much as inward service of the mind;
The carnal mind doth carnal things desire,
In forms and ritual doth religion find.
The Temple service could not save, of old,
Though none so grand, imposing, in man's sight;
While the plain worship of the Christian fold
Accepted was, and did the Lord delight.
The Spirit doth a temple, forms, prepare,
The lowliest worship it doth choose and bless;
How blest are they who in its service share,
In spirit and in truth the Lord confess!
They in their worship shall accepted be,
And, born of God, e'en now his kingdom see.
Poem No. 357; c. 7 October 1876
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