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ST. JOHN IN THE WILDERNESS.
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He left his youth and life behind;
Each idol of the human heart,
Pleasures and vanities resigned,
Content to choose the better part.
Methinks, when hope is cold or weak,
And prayers seem but unwelcome tasks,
And worldly thoughts and feelings seek
To fill the hours religion asks;
If when the light of faith is dim,
The spirit would but ponder thus—
How much there was required of him,
How little is required of us!
All-Merciful, did we declare,
The glories which to Thee belong,
All life would pass in thankful prayer,
All breath in one triumphant song.
