That it was a great day in On; that thou hadst

Forsworn thy kindred, tribe and race; hadst bowed

Thy knee to Egypt’s vain and heathen worship,

Hadst denied the God of Abraham, of Isaac,

And of Jacob, and from henceforth wouldst

Be engrafted in Pharaoh’s regal line,

And be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.

When thy father Amram heard the cruel news

He bowed his head upon his staff and wept.

But I had stronger faith than that. By faith