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DEATH OF A MISSIONARY.
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And sinful snare, what are they now to him
But dim-remembered names. If 't were so sweet
To have a son on earth, where every ill
Might point a sword against his heart, and pierce
Your own through his, are ye not doubly blest
To have a son in Heaven?