John 9:34: Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost, &c

The marks of wicked pastors see!
Fierce war against the sheep they wage.
Treat them with scornful cruelty,
And minded of their duty rage;
Pleaders for rules, and union too,
The sheep out of the fold they drive,
And then as schismatics pursue,
And count them then not fit to live.

Yet will we not their sentence fear,
The' unjust themselves, not us, condemn;
Cast out we find our Saviour near,
Cut off not from our Head, but them;
Without the pale we cannot be,
Whose life is hid with Christ above,
Who cleave, dear Lord, to Thine and Thee
With steadfast faith, and humble love.