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Let Him Who Is without Sin

Give what rewards are justly due,
 Let to their haven enter in

Poor foolish ones who never knew
 The fellowship of sin.
Trophies and honor will await
 The coming of the scornful just.
I may not find the narrow gate
 Trudging my way through dust.
But I have found the way is sweet,
 Knowing from all the wrong in me
Why others sin. We stop and greet
 Each other joyfully,

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