Scanning our creed as if it doubtful were,
These would we hold perforce our doctrines to,
And the vain labor to convert them spare;
God may in time their restless souls renew,
And give them of his grace a saving share;—
Meanwhile our Church their errors would restrain,
And to her creed their wayward minds enchain.”
XXVIII.
“A mortal thou!” our Founder here replied,
“Yet judge of conscience,—searcher of the heart