200. S. M. Johns.

Thou Must Be Born Again.

1 Thou must be born again!

Such was the solemn word

To him who came, not all in vain,

By night to seek his Lord.

2 Thou must be born again!

But not the birth of clay;

The immortal seed must thence obtain

Deliverance into day.

3 Thou, in thy inmost mind,

Must own the same control;

The same regenerating wind

Must move and guide thy soul.

4 Thou canst not choose but trace

The steps the Master trod,

If once thou feel his truth and grace,

A conscious child of God.

5 The mortal's birth is past;

The immortal's birth must be;

Seek well and thou shalt find at last

That blest nativity.

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