Be true to God—on him in faith abide,

And sure deliverance you at length shall know;

It may be that some path his hand will show

To your dear earthly homes—or he will shape

For you at length my way of glad escape.

XXI.

“Be true to God—forsake not him, and you

In all your griefs forsake he never will;

The true of heart have found him ever true:

And this I say, who having known much ill,