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,