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Or blunt the barbed shafts of affliction? Ah, no! Its impotent arm in the conflict must yield.
Religion alone can the armor supply; The shield must be faith, and the spirit the sword,The breastplate of righteousness,—these may defy The world, in the name of a crucified Lord!
O, seek then that armor,—prayer ever obtains it,— The Saviour has promised, "Ask, it shall be given";That promise how sacred! the Bible contains it; He reigns who has made it in earth and in heaven.
O, seek it in faith, with humility crave That wisdom which science can never supply,That comfort and peace which the world cannot give, Nor with which the world's treasures in value can vie.
