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BOOK I. Gave charge I should be clothed and fed. And took upon him all the cost.

7 Thus saved from death, from want secured, I wait till he again shall come (When I shall be completely cured,) And take me to his heavenly home.

8 There, through eternal, boundless days, When Nature s wheel no longer, rolls, How shall I love, adore, and praise This good Samaritan to souls !

1 MARTHA her love and joy express d By care to entertain her guest ; While Mary sat to hear her Lord, And could not bear to lose a word.

2 The principle, in both the same, Produced in each a different aim ; The one to feast the Lord was led. The other waited to be fed.

3 But Mary chose the better part, Her Saviour s words refresh d her heart, While busy Martha angry grew, And lost her time and temper too.

4 With warmth she to her sister spoke, But brought upon herself rebuke : &quot; One thing is needful, and but one, Why do thy thoughts on many run ?&quot;

5 How oft are we like Martha vex d, Encumber d, hurried, and perplex d, While trifles so engross our thought The one thing needful is forgot !

6 Lord, teach us this one thing to choose, Which they who gain can never lose, Sufficient in itself alone, And needful, were the world our own.