Bowring.
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L. M.
Hold fast the form of sound words.
2 Tim. 1:13.
God’s law demands one living faith,
Not a gaunt crowd of lifeless creeds;
Its warrant is a firm “God saith;”
Its claim, not words, but living deeds.
2 Yet, Lord, forgive; thy simple law
Grows tarnished in our earthly grasp;