But once again, if we be true men, the moment comes, "When the spirit's true endowments Stand out plainly from its false ones," when the sacred, saving faith in righteousness returns, and we know that Christ was right, that for ever and for ever it is true that better than to be rich, or to be clever, or to be famous, is it to be true, to be pure, to be good.

In the version first referred to, the words are The place of ancient sacrifice Let righteousness supply, And let your hope securely fix'd On Him alone rely.

To the eyes of his own wife, a man may seem in the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity, when "larger, other eyes than ours" may be watching with delight the germ of righteousness swell within the inclosing husk of evil.