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The Peace Catechism on Christian Principles,
pages 34-35
Transcript
34
The stars that in their courses roll,
Have much instruction given,
But thy good word informs my soul,
How I may climb to heaven.
The fields provide me food and show
The goodness of the Lord;
But fruits of life and glory grown
In thy most holy word.
Here are my choicest treasures hid,
Here my best comfort lies;
Here my desires are satisfied,
And hence my hopes arise.
Then let me love my Bible more,
And take a fresh delight,
By day to read these wonders o’er,
And meditate by night.
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Swear Not At All.
It chills my blook to hear the blest Supreme,
Rudely appealed to, on each trifling theme.
Maintain your rank, vulgarity despise;
To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.
You would not swear upon a bed of death;
Reflect! Your maker now could stop your breath.
35
Be Kind To Brutes.
A man of kindness to his beast is kind;
But brutal actions show a brutal mind.
Remember, he who made thee, made the brute;
Who gave thee speech and reason, formed him mute;
He can’t complain, but God’s omniscient eye
Beholds thy cruelty; he hears his cry.
He was designed thy servant and thy drudge;
But know, that his Creator is thy Judge.
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Moral Precepts.
Speak peace ; where discord reigns, appease the flood;
And, for revenge, persist in doing good;
Let proper objects never want a tear,
Excuse mistakes; in friendship be sincere.
If anger kindles, check th’ impetuous flame;
Nor let your tongue traduce an absent name.
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The Prayer Taught By Our Lord
Father of all, enthron’d in heaven,
Due reverence to thy name be given,
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,
In heaven, on earth on both as one.
Citing this page: Kimberli Faulkner Hull, transcriber, “The Peace Catechism on Christian Principles by Philo Pacificus, 1816, pages 34-35,” Chasing Light Media, Cool Adventures
( https://cooladventures.com/collection/peace-catechism-philo-pacificus-1816-p-34-35/ : published 2021); Philo Pacificus (Noah Worcester), The Peace Catechism on Christian Principles (Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1816), p. 34-35; previously owned by Lydia Ann Chadwick (1807-1875); privately held by the Faulkner–Hull Collection, Massachusetts.