223    8.8.6.     J. Hart
The Outcasts of Israel. Isa. 63. 16; 1 Cor. 4. 11-13

1 Lord, pity outcasts, vile and base,
  The poor dependants on thy grace,
  Whom men disturbers call;
  By sinners and by saints withstood;
  For these too bad, for those too good;
  Condemned or shunned by all.

2 Though faithful Abraham us reject,
  And though his ransomed race elect
  Agree to give us up,
  Thou art our Father, and thy name
  From everlasting is the same;
  On that we build our hope.