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not hear?—
Save I or I fall!
IX.
And the angel arose with kindling eyes,
Saying, “Here am I, Lord; send
me;’’
But the Master answered, “This defies
Thy ministry.
X.
“When I upon earth was tempted and
tried
By Satan’s strongest power,
It was that I might more surely guide
Man in such hour.
XI.
“Many sweet acts hast thou often done
Unto My children dear ;
But I fly Myself to my tempted one—
Tarry thou here.”
XII
And He who was tempted “Like
we,”
Strengthened, upheld, sustained
That soul in its mortal agony,
Till the day was gained.
