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Show TJLTO.VS CllECD. n'J:rr nu'ii have cretdf. so hatt I tniDo; I kv- h tho liu'lr faith in God, in aaau, in tiie u:.eL niinistcrini; bttween; . I huJ lo orif irue Churcb of till true souls, TA'Lo-o Churibly sml is neither bread nor Nor Tiivins: on .-.f iiandj, nor holy oil, JJut ou'ly ihu HiiuoiiiUtig of God'e grace. I liu!o nil kins-, and caatc, and rank of l.irih; For nil tho pons of man are ?ons of God, Xor limp5? a brpijar, but is noble born, Nor wears o slave n yoke, a ciar a crotvu, Tlirtt mtikiis hiui Icks or more than a maa- I lovo my count -y and her lightcoas cairso; f-'o dare 1 not kf-ep sik-nt for her sin?' And alter freedom inuy ber bells ring liacd. T love one woman with a holy nn, Whom 1 revere its urioetpsd of my hou; I 1 atiuid with wondcri1 g awoj before ruy babes1, Till thov retinke mo to a noblo life: 1 koop "r M'4ithlLii triend&uip with my fr-mA .. J 'Whom loyRlij" serve before rnyelf; 1 I loci my lips' oo 'close to speat a lie; I wusH mv hands too -white to touch & bribe--- L" ' 1,1 I owe no man a debt I' cannot pay, i ' 3nve only- of liia love men ought to.cw3. Withal, each day,', tiaforo tho ' blessod Heaven ' I open wide the chainbeTF of my ecu!, And rray tho Holy' Ghost to enter in. That reads the fair confession of my. faith, So crossed wuh contiadicliona of my life, That now may God forgive tho written lie; Tot still, "by help of Him ' who hclpol.b men, I faco two worlds and feir not life nor death, n 0 Father, lead me by tho hand. Auien. .... THEODOKB TlLTOJr, . I |