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Page 102 "Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart, thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him." Lev. xix. 17. Thro' fear of feeble man, Thro' want of social love, Lord, I have made thy precept vain, Neglecting to reprove; Th' offender in mine eye I suffer'd to go on, A thousand sins in him pass'd by, And made them all my own. "Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart, thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him." Lev. xix. 17. Ah! Save me from a worse extream, When sin in others I condemn: Assist me first to lay aside The spiteful bitterness of pride, Reflecting on myself, to see A soul not half so vile as me, And then my neighbour to reprove In meekness, humbleness, and love. "When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing." Deut. xxiii. 9. The host is now gone forth: to fly; Or fight? To conquer; or to die? O let us cast our sins away, That God may hear his servants pray, May us with more than conquest bless, With glorious and eternal peace. "When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing." Deut. xxiii. 9. Strengthen'd by thy command Against my wickedness, Henceforth I every sin withstand Thro' thy sufficient grace: Page 61.23 23I.e., Hymns 320 and 321 appear here out of order and should be located between Hymns 194 and 195 on page 61. Page 103 I lay the sin aside Which caus'd my frequent fall, And wait to feel the blood applied That cleanses me from all. "Amalek smote the hindmost." Deut. xxv. 18. This be ever on my mind, And fill my heart with fear, Lest again I lag behind, And loiter in the rear; Let me, Lord, unwearied press Toward the things before, above, With the foremost strive to seize The prize of perfect love. "The Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul." Deut. xxx. 6.