Acts 16:4: Free from self-exalting pride

Free from self-exalting pride,
They their associates own,
Would not, though inspired, decide
And rule the church alone:
Elders with themselves they join'd,
Allow'd the meanest saint his part,
All who had the Spirit's mind.
And knew the Saviour's heart.
Thus from error's endless maze
The faithful we secure,
Teaching them the ancient w;i s
We make their footsteps sure;
To the saints where'er we go
The apostolic laws we give;
Walking by this rule, they know
The life that angels live.