And each contended loud and long,
My church is right, and yours is wrong.
We’re next the engine, some would say,
Our carriage here does lead the way;
But oft we see the train reversed—
The first is last, the last is first.
Let no one of his carriage boast
Nor in his outward duties trust;
Those who shall see the Saviour’s face,
Must be renewed by asking grace.