John 9:35: The furious world rejecting those

The furious world rejecting those
Who seek in holiness to' e.xcel.
Foes to themselves, eternal foes,
Themselves they from the church expel;
They separate from the saints indeed,
(The saints by formalists abhorr'd,)
And make the members like their Head,
And drive them closer to their Lord.

Our loving Lord the outcasts seeks
Whom Satan's synagogue expels,
He finds, and words of comfort speaks.
And to our hearts Himself reveals:
He gives us faith and faith's increase,
And while on us His Spirit rests,
Our souls o'erflow with joyous peace,
And heaven is open'd in our breasts.
1929. He anruuered and said. Who is lie. Lord, that, c.—'w. 36.

Happy the self-mistrusting man
Who for Thyself of Thee inquii-cs,
Thou wilt not let him ask in vain,
But grant in his Thine own desires:
For faith Divine the sinner's heart
Is open'd by docility,
But Thou of both the Giver art.
And all our good proceeds from Thee.

The man whom God to this hath wrought,
Instruction readily receives,
And found by Him who came unsought.
He first inquires, and then believes.
Enlighten'd by his Saviour's grace,
Convinced of His converting power,
His soul shall soon with joy embrace.
And Christ in spirit and truth adore.