John 7:7: The world with persecuting spite

The world with persecuting spite,
The sons of God blaspheme.
And hate, and shun the' officious light
Which doth their deeds condemn;
The witnesses of Jesus' grace
The saints they cannot bear,
Who against all their evil ways'
By word and life declare.

Confessing whom our hearts adore,
We feel their enmity:
O might we, Lord, deserve it more
By more resembling Thee!
O might we all Thy Spirit breathe.
The wicked to reprove.
And testify in life and death
Thy purity of love!