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Patrick's Hymn.
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Christ with me, Christ before me,
Christ behind me, Christ within me,
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ at my right, Christ at my left,
Christ in breadth, Christ in length, Christ in height.[1] Eph. iii. 18, 19.

9.

Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks to me,
Christ in the eye of every man that sees me,
Christ in the ear of every man that hears me.

10.

I bind myself to-day.
To a strong power, an invocation of the Trinity,
I believe in a Threeness with confession of a Oneness in the Creator of Judgment.[2]

11.

Salvation is the Lord's,Psa. iii. 8.
Salvation is the Lord's,
Salvation is Christ's,Rev. vii. 10.
Let Thy salvation, O Lord, be ever with us.[3]Isa. xxv. 9.