Patient, gentle, meek, and wise,
The servant of the Lord must be;
If young, let none his youth despise,
But may they all his fervor see.
1 A prophetess, whose course was nearly run,
Who, in the temple, spoke of God's dear Son.
2 One whose kind deeds and helpful acts, of love,
Shewed that she was a "saint," “born from above."
3 A man who saw, and when he saw, believed,
More blest by faith, not sight, to have received.
4 She who with busy fingers helped the poor,
Nor sent the needy, shivering, from her door.
5 A valiant man, who, conquering, won a bride,
Israel's deliverer, when to God they cried.
6 Ambitious man his boasting was in vain;
His followers scatter'd, he himself was slain.
7 Servant of Christ, a man of earnest prayer,
Who made the saints of God his constant care.
8 A meeting-place, where one, from shipwreck free,
Fellow-believers did with gladness see.
9 A man in Herod's household—give his name,
Whose wife a helper of the Lord became.
10 One who with cruel hate caused blood to flow,
A holy man's revengeful, bitter foe.