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 * not hear?—

Save I or I fall!

And the angel arose with kindling eyes,
 * Saying, “Here am I, Lord; send

me;’’ But the Master answered, “This defies
 * Thy ministry.

“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.

“Many sweet acts hast thou often done
 * Unto My children dear ;

But I fly Myself to my tempted one—
 * Tarry thou here.”

And He who was tempted “Like we,”
 * Strengthened, upheld, sustained

That soul in its mortal agony,
 * Till the day was gained.