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When Mary chose the “better part,” She meekly sat at Jesus’ feet! And Lydia’s gently-opened heart, Was made for God’s own temple meet: Fairest and best adorned is she, Whose clothing is humility. The saint that wears heaven’s brightest crown, In deepest adoration bends; The weight of glory bows him down, Then most, when most the soul ascends: Nearest the throne itself must be The footstool of humility.
When Mary chose the “better part,” She meekly sat at Jesus’ feet! And Lydia’s gently-opened heart, Was made for God’s own temple meet: Fairest and best adorned is she, Whose clothing is humility. The saint that wears heaven’s brightest crown, In deepest adoration bends; The weight of glory bows him down, Then most, when most the soul ascends: Nearest the throne itself must be The footstool of humility.
Approximate author period: c. 1812 AD · industrial
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- James Montgomery
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- Approximate author period: c. 1812 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 311 · printed citation: James Montgomery · subject: HUMILITY
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