Dear Lamb! this Congregation Is poor, despise her not; She's taken with thy Passion As were she on the spot, Where earning her Election, Thy Heart-st… - James Hutton

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Dear Lamb! this Congregation Is poor, despise her not;
She's taken with thy Passion As were she on the spot,
Where earning her Election, Thy Heart-strings broke in death;
That stirs up her affection, And gives her life and breath. Shouldst thou desire her beauty, For shame she bides her face;
And shouldst thou look for duty, Ah! here she has no place:
O that Thy bowels' feeling O'er us might joyful be;
Howe'er Thou'rt with us dealing, 0 then how blest are we!

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James Hutton (1715–1795) was among the founders and leaders of the Moravian church in England.

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In Thy light shall we see light... afterwards we have a light indeed for our poor being, if it be true that we thus know Him: but that must be truth; otherwise one, after many good appearances, is liable to be carried away, at one time or another, by various winds of doctrine, deluded by some spirit of error, or overpowered afresh by one's former natural corruptions...

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