BE BORN AGAIN,
With birth-right from above;
Thy selfish nature slain;
Be born of LOVE.
'Tis life from heaven,
Descending in thy soul;—
'Tis Love's new nature given,
Which makes thee whole.
Oh, do not rest,
Till that bright hour shall come,
Which smites thy selfishness
With final doom.
And, in its place,
Brings forth the life, new-born
Of truth, and love, and peace,
Bright as the morn.
With birth-right from above;
Thy selfish nature slain;
Be born of LOVE.
'Tis life from heaven,
Descending in thy soul;—
'Tis Love's new nature given,
Which makes thee whole.
Oh, do not rest,
Till that bright hour shall come,
Which smites thy selfishness
With final doom.
And, in its place,
Brings forth the life, new-born
Of truth, and love, and peace,
Bright as the morn.
— Christ in the Soul (1872) XXX.
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