If thou wouldst perfect be;
Sell all thou hast and give it to the poor,
And come and follow me!”
2 Within this temple, Christ again, unseen,
Those sacred words has said;
And his invisible hands to-day have been
Laid on a young man’s head.
3 And evermore beside him on his way,
The unseen Christ shall move,
That he may lean upon his arm and say,