Be quiet—more ready to hear than to speak:
Be active—true riches unceasingly seek.
Be patient—whatever God pleases endure:
Be humble—and so shall your path be secure.
Be prayerful—make known your requests unto God:
Be watchful—for Satan is ever abroad.
Be hopeful—and never give way to despair:
Be loving—and show whose disciple you are.
Be gentle—and prove that your wisdom ‘s divine:
Be merciful—always to pity incline.
Be gracious—more willing to give than receive:
Be just—as you would not have others deceive.
Be upright—and thus your profession adorn:
Be kind—and treat no fellow-creature with scorn.
Be simple—from sophistry ever abstain:
Be diligent—if you would substance obtain.
Be circumspect—think how your conduct is eyed:
Be meek—and beware of presumption and pride.
Be lowly in heart—for the Saviour was so;
Be long-suff’ring—like him, when he sojourned below.
Be not unbelieving—but trust and adore,
And God’s grace be with you henceforth, evermore!