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The word.

voice of the Holy Spirit, making known
     Man to himself, a witness swift and sure,
Warning, approving, true and wise and pure,
     Counsel and guidance that misleadeth none!
By thee the mystery of life is read;
     The picture-writing of the world's gray seers,
The myths and parables of the primal years,

[327] Whose letter kills, by thee interpreted
     Take healthful meanings fitted to our needs,
And in the soul's vernacular express
     The common law of simple righteousness.
Hatred of cant and doubt of human creeds
     May well be felt: the unpardonable sin
Is to deny the Word of God within!

1881.

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