1 Corinthians 11:1: Le ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ

FaRTHER the' apostle dared not say
To souls begotten by his word,
"Mark how I walk in Christ the Way,
And follow me, as I my Lord;
But if I turn one step aside,
In that desert your wandering guide."

And shall the chief of every sect
Unlimited obedience claim,
Infallibility affect,
The party call by his own name,
As sworn in all his steps to tread,
Blind followers of their hasty head?

Jesus, rebuke our teaching pride,
Our adel battlements o'erthrow,
And let whoe'er in Thee confide,
After their perfect Pattern go,
Their sole unerring Leader trace
In all the paths of righteousness.

'4 Give us our ministers to love,
And highly for their work esteem,
But cautious in their steps to move,
And simply follow Thee, not them,
Till Thou, whom above all we prize,
Descend and take us to the skies.