Matthew 12:50: Whosoever shall do the will of My Father, &c

The Christian apostolic man,
Jjoosed from the ties of flesh and blood,
Superior to desire and pain.
Labours and speaks and lives for God:
He lives his pleasure to fulfil:
And who their heavenly Father own,
And faithfully perform His will,
He knows and cleaves to them alone.

His passions changed and sanctified
With more than nature's warmth embrace
The precious souls, to his allied
By all the tenderest ties of grace:
Relations all in one he proves
To saints begot by Jesus' word,
And with Divine affection loves
The kindred of his dearest Lord.