The highest and the holiest place Guards not the heart from sin; The Church that safest seems without May harbor foes within. Thus in the small and chosen band, Beloved above the rest, One fell from his apostleship, A traitor-soul unblest. But not the great designs of God Man???s sins shall over throw; Another witness to the truth Forth to the lands shall go. The soul that sinneth, it shall die; Thy purpose shall not fail; The word of grace no less shall sound, The truth no less prevail. Righteous, O Lord, are all Thy ways; Long as the worlds endure, From foes without and foes within, Thy Church shall stand secure.