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Father! to God himself we cannot give

A holier name! then lightly do not bear

Both names conjoined, but of thy spiritual care

Be duly mindful: still more sensitive

Do Thou, in truth a second Mother, strive

Against disheartening custom, that by Thee

Watched, and with love and pious industry

Tended at need, the adopted Plant may thrive

For everlasting bloom. Benign and pure

This Ordinance, whether loss it would supply,

Prevent omission, help deficiency,

Or seek to make assurance doubly sure.

Shame if the consecrated Vow be found

An idle form, the Word an empty sound!