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Against Divisions in the ChurchWords: Based on Isaac Watts, Music: 1 Let dogs delight to bark and bite,
For God hath made them so:
Let bears and lions growl and fight,
For 'tis their nature, too.
But, leaders, you should never let
Such angry passions rise:
Your noble hands were never made
To tear each other's eyes.
2 The devil tempts one mother's son
To rage against another:
So wicked Cain was hurried on,
till he had killed his brother.
The wise will let their anger cool,
At least before 'tis night;
But in the bosom of a fool
It burns till morning light.
3 Let love through all your actions run,
And all your words be mild:
Live like the blessed Virgin's Son,
That sweet and lovely child.
His soul was gentle as a lamb;
And as his stature grew,
He grew in favor both with man,
And God his Father too.
4 Now, Lord of all, he reigns above;
And from his heavenly throne
He sees which leaders dwell in love,
And marks them for his own.
Pardon, O Lord, their childish rage,
Their little brawls remove,
That, as they grow to riper age,
Their hearts may all be love!
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