Them much forgiveness shall too be dealt.

They were not rated

The best desired;

But angels stated,

With love untired,

What, in the smallest degree, through them,

Had cheered that world from which they came.

[Pg 47]

They did adhere to their foremost duty,

To fear the Lord, with a fervent heart;

They cleansed their garments, to stainless beauty,

In blood, that innocence doth impart.

All grief is banished,

All sin remitted,

All anguish vanished,

All weeping quitted—

Their names are kept in their Father's grace,

And weary sink they in His embrace.

[Pg 48]

They go so peaceful in God to slumber,

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