Verse 1
The Christian rule to few is known:
Who truly bear the name,
They triumph in his cross alone,
And glory in his shame;
To pleasure, fame, and riches dead,
They in the world reside,
Conform’d in sufferings to their head,
With Jesus crucified.

Verse 2
Christians indeed are creatures new,
Their Saviour’s mind express,
And walking in his steps, they shew
The power of godliness:
The church in every age is found
Compos’d of none but these:
O may they live with mercy crown’d,
And everlasting peace!