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TRANSLATION OF THE SCHRIFTEN
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| The copy has many good teachings |
| For thee and me and others also. |
| It is instructive. |
| Employ it for thy instruction |
| And the glory of the one God. |
| Otherwise, none |
| But God deserves the glory. |
| For all the good that we have, |
| By which we refresh body and soul, |
| Comes from the Giver of good gifts. |
| The good that we enjoy from God |
| Must flow back into its first source. |
| In heartfelt humility |
| And childlike obedience |
| To praise God at all times |
| For His great goodness, |
| Grace and mercy. |
| Then our gifts remain pure |
| When they flow back |
| To the spring from which |
| They came. |
Bless the Lord, my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name. Bless the Lord, my soul, and forget not all His benefits. Psalm ciii.
1768, July 18.
Peace be to the brethren; love and faith from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Jesus Christ; who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God. But made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And
