Verse 1
See the true ancient Church appears,
Peter’s unerring successors,
Who Christ and God disown!
Adulterers and murderers rise,
And monsters of unnatural vice
Adorn the Papal throne.

Verse 2
Shock’d at the hypocrites profane,
My son, when undeceived, restrain
From worse, if worse can be;
Nor let him all religion cast
Behind, and shelter take at last
In infidelity.

Verse 3
Father, for Thy own mercy’s sake,
Let all my mournful prayers come back
In that tremendous day,
While ready and resolved he is
To plunge into the dark abyss,
And cast his soul away!

Verse 4
Then in his soul the secret tell,
And answering for Thyself, reveal
The TRUTH so long unknown,
The WAY, which Thou in Jesus art,
And LIFE, eternal life, impart
By giving him Thy Son.