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151 Distress and care. What then remains?—To seek

Those helps, for his occasions ever near,

Who lacks not will to use them; vows, renewed

On the first motion of a holy thought;

Vigils of contemplation; praise; and prayer,

A Stream, which, from the fountain of the heart,

Issuing however feebly, no where flows

Without access of unexpected strength.

But, above all, the victory is most sure

For Him, who, seeking faith by virtue, strives

To yield entire submission to the law

Of Conscience; Conscience reverenced and obeyed,

As God's most intimate Presence in the soul,

And his most perfect Image in the world.

—Endeavour thus to live; these rules regard,

These helps solicit; and a steadfast seat

Shall then be yours among the happy few

Who dwell on earth yet breathe empyreal air,

Sons of the morning. For your nobler Part,

Ere disencumbered of her mortal chains,

Doubt shall be quelled and trouble chased away;

With only such degree of sadness left