Acts 8:3: See the fierce beast, whose rage untamed

See the fierce beast, whose rage untamed
Scatters the flock of Christ, and tears!
He rushes on by hell inflamed,
And neither age or sex he spares:
In vain a single victim dies;
More thirsty through a taste of blood
He foams, and vows to sacrifice
The whole exterminated brood.

Insatiate, fill'd with mad despite
Threatenings he doth and slaughter breathe,
As murder were his soul's delight
Numbers he hales to bonds and death;
But let the Saviour speak with power
"Thy persecuted Lord I am,"
The furious beast is fierce no more,
The wolf himself becomes a lamb!