Water from the living springs;
In our hearts He lives enshrined
Lord and Judge of all mankind.
The Spirit of Gildas, the Welsh monk, who was born in 520, and who pronounced bitter jeremiads on the princes of his own race and time, is clearly traceable in the next hymn, of whose prologue a translation is given. He is one of the Romish corrupters of the native Church. His “Suffragare” is one of the “Loricae” breast-plates, used to protect those who rehearsed them against evil:—
Suffragare.
O Unity in Trinity!
Help, for in Thee I live,
O Trinity in Unity!
My sins forgive:
Exposed, I need Thy help and sympathy,