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Whoever was begotten by pure love, / And came desired and welcome into life, / Is of immaculate conception. He / Whose heart is full of tenderness and truth, / Who loves mankind more than he loves himself, / And cannot find room in his heart for hate, / May be another Christ. We all may be / The Saviours of the world if we believe / In the Divinity which dwells in us / And worship it, and nail our grosser selves, / Our tempers, greeds, and our unworthy aims, / Upon the cross. Who giveth love to all; / Pays kindness for unkindness, smiles for frowns; / And lends new courage to each fainting heart, / And strengthens hope and scatters joy abroad -- / He, too, is a Redeemer, Son of God.