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Is certainly a, population wise, the world is a big place. But I was also thinking the world in its power is a bad place. So I'm going to have something for everyone here. I know normally when people speak, we are at a conference like this in ministry, we are speaking to the believers.
But I want everybody to listen. Because there is going to be something for everyone. I want to speak just in a short while on the world. So I want to say one thing. If you are not saved in this meeting, you are part of a wicked, condemned world.
And we who are saved are not of the world, we have been saved from it, but we are in the world. And so there is going to be something for everyone. So put away the games or anything like that, because this is a very, very serious subject, and we need to pay close attention to it.
So I'm going to just look at a few subjects, a few verses. 1 John chapter 2 please. 1 John chapter 2. If there is one thing that will take us away, then I know we have three great enemies as the people of God.
We have the flesh that is always with us, and again, though the believer is not said to be in the flesh, positionally, the flesh is in us. We still have this war. There is also the devil. And there is also the world.
Three great enemies. And the devil uses the world to attract us. The bling, right? The shiny objects. The attractiveness. The flesh needs an outlet. And so the world presents that as well to us in terms of its attractiveness.
Now in 1 John chapter 2 and verse 16. 1 John chapter 2 and verse 15 actually. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For all that is in the world, and here is basically the consistency of the world in which we live. Now, he is not writing, just to make this clear, there are different aspects of the world. There is the material aspect of the world.
There is that world which has been created. And interesting, when you go back to the book of Genesis, you will see in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. But what would happen shortly is that Adam, who had dominion over the earth, that scepter is now passed from his hand under the dominion of Satan, the devil.
And then the earth and its material aspect now takes on a uniquely decadent, dark, moral and spiritual aspect. So that the earth becomes the world in systems that now emanate from the darkness of the power and the dominion of Satan.
We were hearing about tentacles, an octopus that has tentacles. Satan now is the prince of this world. The prince of the power of the air. And so this world that we live in has been literally saturated.
It has been surrounded. It is permeated. It is pulsing. It is powered, energized by the God of this world. That is the world that we live in. That is the world that you who are not saved are part of. And so John writes and he says, Love not the world.
It's interesting that he doesn't say hate the world. It's not interesting. He doesn't say hate the world. He just says love not the world. But let me turn that around. This world that we live in as believers will have absolutely no compulsion about hating you.
Hating God. In fact, the Lord Jesus said that. The world hates me. And it will hate you. It will hate you for the man that we are linked with. It will hate you for the message that you bring to it. And while Christians, believers in any age, believers in any age are to be respectable and often liked because of the character that we should have.
In fact, it says that in the book of Acts. That they had favor with all the people. Acts chapter 2. Once we bring the message that you've been hearing. Once we present the truth of sinners that are on a collision course meeting the God that will judge them for their sins.
That the division that exists, the separation that exists, we are targeted. They're hated. Never lose sight of that. John says, love not the world. And then he brings in these three things in. Verse 16.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. Three things. And they go right back to the beginning. Right back to the Garden of Eden. You remember that when it comes to Eve.
Remember when Satan came. The serpent came to her. And he is presenting now these three things. Right? When she was told, they were told, not to eat of the tree. Of the knowledge of good and evil. But what did it say?
It says that she saw, first of all. She saw and she looked. And it was palatable. How did she know what it tasted like? How did she know? But it was already there. She was longing. And the devil was presenting that.
And now there is, it tastes good. There's a lust of the flesh. It looks good. It was pleasant to the eyes. Lust of the eyes. And it was one to make her wise. It was going to elevate, to promote self at the expense of disobedience to the Word of God.
So you have the three ingredients there right in the Garden of Eden, right at the very beginning. And as one has said, so successful and so palatable was the recipe that Satan presented at the beginning, he has never had any reason to change.
And so you have these three things presented to us. Now notice one more thing. As he says, The pride of life is not of the Father, but is of the world, and the world passes away. And the lust thereof, but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever.
What a great contrast. Chapter 4. Chapter 4 and verse 10. John is writing now to the Christians to try the spirits. These spirits now that are sent into the world. Verse 1, Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God.
How do we do that? Through the Word of God. The Word of God gives us discernment. Gives us direction as to what is right, what is wrong, what is of God, what is of the devil. There is a contrast between two worlds.
The kingdom of God. The kingdom of Satan. The kingdom of darkness. We who are saved have been translated out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of the Son of His love. And what has happened is, now the world in which we live, in its character, in its consistency, in its command and control, is under the dominion of Satan.
The Lord Jesus came. When He came, Satan knew. Did everything to oppose. Could not. And so the Lord Jesus now, we are under, those who are saved are in His kingdom. Under His government. In His world.
And so there is a collision, a tension, between two worlds that is going on right now. And so John is writing about that. Let's go over to the book of James chapter 4. James chapter 4. James chapter 4.
James is writing about some of the very things that our brother Jim was bringing before us that will seek to destroy, or at least to affect that bond that we have been brought into. The unity. Verse 1, From whence come wars and fighting among you?
Come they not even hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Talking about the flesh now. But then let's go to verse 4. Ye adulterers and adulteresses. If you read that, I think most texts would simply give us you adulteresses.
And so he says, Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Those are very serious. Very divisive words. Those are fighting words.
Believers here. Anyone walking on the edge? Anyone straddling? Friends with the world? Welcoming it? Looking at it? Not really seeing it for what it is? Be very, very careful. Friendship with the world is enmity with God.
Revelation chapter 11. Just two more passages. Revelation chapter 11. There are many passages we could read, but I want you to get a little bit of a glimpse of the character of the Word of God. How God points to us toward this world and what it is.
Revelation 11. Now we are in the tribulation period in chapter 11. Let's go down to verse 7. And when they that is these two witnesses that will testify during the tribulation period, when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast, the Antichrist, that ascended out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them and shall overcome them and kill them.
And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt where our Lord was crucified. Was the Lord Jesus crucified in Sodom or Egypt? No. He's saying this is the character of the world.
It is crucified, our Lord. It is hated, our Savior. The Savior that loves you and loves me so much. This world, crucified, hates Him. We must never lose sight of that. Galatians chapter 6 for the final reading.
Galatians chapter 6. We sometimes sing with the children three crosses standing side by side. And we're speaking in the song about the Lord Jesus and the two thieves. But there are three crosses. There actually are.
The first one is the cross that the Lord Jesus died on. The actual cross. The second one is the cross that Paul refers to as I have been crucified with Christ. But there is a third cross. And it is here in Galatians 6 and verse 14.
But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me and I unto the world. In 1932, there was a man named Aldous Huxley. Aldous Huxley was a philosopher, a writer.
And he actually was the grandson of Sir Thomas Huxley, a great proponent, sadly, of Darwinism, of evolution. And he wrote a book called Brave New World. And in this book, Brave New World, he wrote in 1932, actually, of a technologically advanced future.
A society where people were both indoctrinated by the state, they were pharmaceutically anesthetized, and they were genetically bred. They were thoughtless, they were mindless, they were willless. Brave New World.
There is nothing new about it. Nothing new about it. Interestingly, Huxley died on the same day that C .S. Lewis died. How differently those two men departed. Brave New World. That is the world in which we live, isn't it?
A world that is anesthetizing minds, talking about genetics, talking about things that people are doing, talking about engineering, science is God. God is dead. Nietzsche proclaimed that years ago, and someone wrote on a billboard one time, and they crossed it out, and they said, Nietzsche is dead, sign God.
Very, very true. I want you to think, just in a very short time, the introduction of the world. The introduction of the world. We went back to Genesis chapter 1, Genesis 2 and 3, where now Satan now has dominion over what God has created.
Everything has been changed now. The curse is here. Satan now is in control, as it were. And there are systems now that are being propagated, promoted, powered. Cain goes out, build cities. The world of metallurgy, music, materialism, worship, Babel created.
Systems that now weave their way. The human body is made up of different types of systems, right? Cardiovascular system, the skeletal system, the muscular system, the digestive system, all these different systems, but they work together in one body.
That's what's happening in the world in which we live. There are systems that move throughout. There is the religious system. There's the entertainment system. There are various systems, the political systems, that sadly, that which God even has originally ordained to be for the protection and the promotion of what is right.
Because of who we are, and because of satanic power has been so corrupted, it is actually destructive to what is right. And it rewards that which is wrong. This is the world, dear believers, that we live in.
Do not lose sight of that. Do not shut your eyes to that. We do that at our peril. And we need to be awakened. We need to be called back with men that need to stand on these platforms and in assemblies that will give the clarion call to remind believers that we often fall asleep to the reality that this world and friendship with it is in opposition to God.
This world, we need to be reminded, is not our home. It's not our home. Thank God. You can build the biggest home you want, but you know what? Keep in mind, dear brother or sister, you don't live here.
You're saved. This world is hostile, hostile to God. This world has crucified our Lord Jesus, hated our Savior. This world hates us. This world hates God. This world hates His Word. This world targets through satanic power.
This world targets believers, targets Christians, targets what is of God. Isn't it interesting right now? Isn't it so telling that the world in its transgender and all its type of presentations of twisted, perverted thinking and teaching and directives wants the Christian to change our world view that is based on the Word of God?
But it's not forcing other religions to do that. I don't hear of governments calling on Muslims in the Muslim world to change the Koran and their view. But they are wanting us. This world, I read Revelation 11 as well to remind us that this world is what is going to spawn and produce the Antichrist through satanic energy.
And the world in tandem together is going to produce the man of sin. God's man has been rejected. There's coming a day when he won't be. But right now he is. And so we have the introduction of these things.
I want you to think now of the seduction. Not the introduction now of the world which I have just given you. But I want you to think of the seduction of this world. It is subtle. It is extremely subtle.
And it will use almost an erosion. It will draw people into it. It's like a quicksand that will suck people down and draw them. It is attractive. It is appealing. Maybe there is someone today, I don't know, maybe I am speaking to someone today and you are on the edge of being drawn right into it.
And you can't lose your soul, thank God. But you can lose your testimony. You will lose your power. You will lose your influence. And you can even be used then to draw others with you. Keep that in mind.
The world in which we live is very, very seductive. It appeals to the senses. The word sensual is that which appeals to the senses. The seeing. The lust of the eyes. Sensory perception. Feeling. When it comes to these things we read about those three primary aspects that the world uses.
The lust of the flesh. The lust of the eyes. The pride of life. And when we look at that, the opposite of worldliness in its seductive power is what? Holiness. The opposite of worldliness and being drawn away to this world and to the God of this world is holiness.
To be drawn away to Him. And to God. And to His kingdom. And so there is this, again, this dynamic, this tension between two worlds. Worldliness emphasizes self. It promotes self. Holiness promotes God.
And the death of self. That's why I read that. Not only is the world crucified, I have been crucified as well. The death of self. So that the world wants to appeal to that. The flesh responds to it. And the devil knows it.
And make no mistake about it, I'm speaking to an audience here that there's many different faces. But I'll tell you what, the devil using this world knows exactly what the chink in your armor is. He knows exactly what triggers, what trips your trigger, if I could use that, what draws you away.
He has an arsenal, a plethora of possibilities to draw people away, to attract. He knows your weakness. For some it may be something as innocuous as video games. And you think, what's the harm in that?
I'm not harming anybody. Maybe it's the computer, I can use it for good, but pretty soon you're in a rabbit hole and you're going down the side and you look at your watch and it's three hours all of a sudden.
And where did the time go? And then we become guilty of time-wasting. And we're drawn away. And the time that we should have and could have spent in self-denial, we are spending in self-promotion. And it will take us away.
Where will our effectiveness be in the Gospel? Where will our ability now come to give worship to God? You know what is happening? The world is attracting. And it's robbing us. It's robbing God. And it's very attractive.
It's the bling. You know, there are creatures right now in this world that they use color. There are fish. There are creatures in the sea that use the attractiveness of color, it's a beautiful thing, to draw in their prey.
And as the prey comes in and all of a sudden, now it's stung. Venom. A snatch. A grab. And it has its prey. The world is like that. Maybe it's a world of relations. And there are people, we were hearing about relationships, dating, courting.
Maybe there's someone here today and you have struggled and you long to have a relationship and you wonder, why am I not? Why is there no one? And the devil knows and he uses the world and he brings one of his children, a child of the devil, a child of this world, to draw you in.
And there is an attractiveness and there seems to be just an interest. Don't fall for it. Maybe there's some pursuit. Something. Maybe it's money making. And the attractiveness and the bling is held out there.
The world is very seductive and you find out you are working your fingers to the bone. And time that you could have spent, that job is now sucking away. But it's legitimate because you have to earn money to survive, don't you?
Survive? No, you don't want to survive, do you? You want to self-promote. You want to present. Because that's what the world holds out to you. That's the standard. That's the keeping up with the Joneses and the Smiths.
And you go on and on and keep going. You can name a hundred different names with a hundred different consonants or vowels. It's seductive. It promotes self. It uses the senses. What is the opposite of that?
Well, we've been hearing about it at this conference. The word of the living God. A word that when we are willing... Let me say something else. It's not just the word of God. It's the word of God that is unsheathed.
It's literally the spoken word. It's the written word made applicable. It's not the Bible just like this. It's the Bible that's opened. It's the Bible that's taught. And it's the Bible... And God expects...
Let me say something else. The world wants and the devil wants us to just sit here and keep our ears closed to things. When you hear ministry, are you gauging the speaker on how he speaks? On what mistakes he makes?
Oh, he made a mistake there. He quoted Zechariah and it was really Malachi. And you go on and on and think... Do I take the word that is unsheathed from this platform and do I apply it then? Do I allow it to cut?
To convict? See, the world doesn't want that. You see, because that's the last big contrast. Because the world appeals to the soul. The sensual. The seat of affections. And the devil uses that. Whereas God wants to speak to our spirits.
It is very, very seductive. Self-promotion. You know what Hebrews 13 ends with? The writer to the Hebrews has been speaking to the people there, seeking to warn them, to tell them, to draw them away from what was the only God-given religion ever that this world has ever known.
Judaism. He is presenting Christ in His superiority all along the way. Christ in His sacrifice. We were hearing about that. My brother mentioned that yesterday. How does he end that letter? Some have suggested it's an addendum to the end of the letter.
Chapter 13. I would suggest not. It is the capping of the letter. It is the end of the letter. And what he says there? Let us go forth therefore unto Him. Him! The man that this world hates! The man that this world despises!
Let us therefore go forth unto Him. Is this world keeping you back from Him? That is what it is designed to do. Bearing His reproach. We don't want reproach. Who does? Who does? And it is one thing. There are people who bring upon themselves reproach for what they do.
I think of the Amish. And they wear their black clothes and they do things like that. I remember telling an Amish man once we were having gospel meetings down in Virginia, and I said, you know, when people think of you, they don't even think of Christians.
They just think of Amish. It's another thing to bear His reproach. For obedience to Christ. For living how He did. For being the way He was when He was here. What did He do when He was here? Well, one thing that He did, He called, sorry for the expression, a spade a spade.
He made the expression, He called out hypocrisy. He made clearly that there was black and white. There is absolutism. It's not relativism. We are living in a world. Situation ethics. If the situation presents itself, then do it.
The greater good. The Lord Jesus did not allow that. The Word of God does not allow that. He called that out. He challenged society. He said, if any man will follow Me, let him take up his cross and follow Me.
Are we willing to do that? Take up his cross. You know what that will mean? Deny yourself. When a person took up a cross, it was a public denouncement. It was a public proclamation that there is a dead man.
That man is as good as dead. Are you dear brother or sister? Are you not only as good as dead, are you alive in Christ? Because a lot of us are living as if we know nothing about the cross. As if we know nothing about reproach.
There are believers that they will look more like the world than the world itself. That they will talk more like the world than the world does. You would never know they were a believer. Would the Lord Jesus do that?
Would He act like that? We hold out these New Testament saints, the Apostle Paul, Peter, James, John, and we look at them as paradigms. You know what? All of them died for their faith. We can't live for our faith because the world is sucking us dry and we're legitimizing it.
And I am speaking to myself first because it is a battle. We lose sight of Christ and we lose sight of His world and we turn and we get more attracted to this world. There is a drawing power of the bling.
It is seductive. It is deceptive. A Christian is someone who follows Christ. What is an assembly? Because assemblies, sadly, we're buying into some of this. We want new methods, new measures. We want attractive things.
We want to draw in. What is an assembly? Well, I know you all know the word because it's been said about a million times. Ekklesia. But you know what that means, right? An ekklesia. I know we don't speak Greek, but I'm sure you've heard it, you've read it.
If you haven't and you're in an assembly, I don't know why you don't know it then. It means a called-out company. A called-out company. It has answered a call. A call from. A call to. A call out of.
What does that mean, brethren? It means we have been called out of the world. We have been called to the Lordship of Christ. To what? To who? A rejected man that this world hates. So is it any wonder if it hates us?
And if you are very popular in this world, then you better ask yourself why. Because he was not. The Word of God isn't. It's a really good question to ask yourself. Called out. So that the assembly is not to be a place where singles meet.
You look at some of these boards. It's not to be a gymnasium. It's not to be a restaurant. We're presenting this to the community and we're doing that. The assembly is temple of God. It is a called-out company.
It is an object of hatred from the world's perspective. It is not for us to seek to be popular. If you are seeking that as either an individual believer or as an assembly, if there are leaders in the assemblies here and you are seeking that, you are wrong biblically.
It's not a place for entertainment. It's not a place to show movies. I was shocked. I was coming out of a restaurant and I saw an ad on a billboard. And for a moment I looked and I was shocked. There was a church in this community and they had said Super Bowl Sunday.
And they were having a special service so that everybody could come and watch the Super Bowl. Because Super Bowl is always on a Sunday. And then I thought, before that thought left my mind, I thought, well, I know of at least one assembly that canceled their gospel meeting because of Super Bowl Sunday.
And you shake your heads. Brethren, it could be us. It could be us. If we lose sight of what the world is and who he is, let not this world in its philosophies, in its thinking, in its directives, in its drive, in its motivation, and in its activities, let it not govern us.
That is why we need teaching clearly from the Word of God that not only exposes what the world is, but what the world does. And teaching like this, when we hear it, when I hear it, if we are true believers, it should ring in our hearts.
There should be a resonating power in the truth of the Word of God because the Spirit of God dwells in us individually as well as in the individual company of believers. And if there is not a ring to your heart, if you do not long, if you do not long, and I do not long, for that man that is rejected today to have his rightful place, then there's something wrong.
If you want your place, if you think that that place should be in this world and in terms of popularity, if you think that the church's mission and your mission is to show your neighbors and everybody else that you're a normal guy and a normal place, and we're just like them, you have missed out on what being a Christian is.
If your involvement and your influence and your sphere is all about the things of entertainment and the television and the movies, the entertainment industry is godless. It is satanic. Hollywood is an absolute blasphemous machine that pushes out things.
And there are believers that are spending their Friday nights. They're spending their Saturday nights. And they're immersed in these things. Listen, I am not on a tirade here. Okay? I have measured out and thought of what I'm going to say to them.
But there is such... it seems to be a wholehearted movement of us as the people of God. And maybe it just might be some mixed multitude too. I don't know. But there seems to be an unfounded attraction for worldly methods and worldly living and worldly things that are not only diluting but destroying testimonies of God that should be marked out and characteristic of that which is heavenly, that which is holy, that which is godly.
There is a rhythm in the world. There are people here today that are involved in music. Nothing wrong with music. It's the right kind. But there is a beat in music, a rhythm, and it's called syncopated rhythm.
And syncopated rhythm is kind of a rhythm that it's offbeat, you know, like that, right? And it's kind of an offbeat rhythm. It's interesting that most of the music, rock music and other music, it actually has that kind of a beat.
Let me tell you something. Maybe you don't know this, but when I went, I remember sometimes working out when I was in college and we would go in the weight room and we'd lift weights. And interesting, rock music would be often playing in the background.
You do this. You can try this. This is a legitimate thing here. This is a scientific fact. When you play that kind of music, the music that carries the message, often immoral, irreligious, blasphemous, when you listen to that and that music carries that beat, it weakens the mind.
It weakens the will. You only have to listen to some of the lyrics to think that the people who produced it have very weak minds. And what we found out that there were, the fellas who were normally able to lift a lot more and bench maybe three, 350 or whatever, when they put that music on, they weren't able to lift that much.
You want to try an interesting experiment? Hold your hand out and let somebody apply force. You try to resist and have them push your hand down. Do it without that music on. Then play something with a syncopated rhythm and have them do the same thing.
You know what will happen? Your hand will just go like this. It has an effect on our system and it weakens us neurologically. Your nerves control your muscles. That is exactly the rhythm of the world that you are in.
The rhythm, the beat of the world is seeking to erode, to take away your resoluteness, your resolve, to weaken the mind, the crucifixion of the world. I'll end with this. God has said, this world, I have made a public display of what this world is to me.
In its control, in its character, the world has been crucified. This world has done this to my son. This is what I have done to this world. It has been dead. It's a dead thing. You want to hold a dead thing?
You hold the world. It's dead, crucified. And that's the future of it. That's the future of it. As opposed to that, the Bible, John tells us that we are overcomers. 1 John 2. We have overcome. We're on the winning side.
The world is lost. The world isn't just merely breaking down. It's broken down. The world isn't just passing away. It's passe and done. God is saying, in the reckoning of God, in the purpose of God, it is crucified.
That is why there will be a new heaven and a new earth. So that the very systems that have permeated this world will be actually done away with. Purged. That which is now versus that which is eternal.
That which is old versus that which is new. That which is linked with death versus that which is linked with life. That which is linked with Satan versus that which is linked with Christ. You younger ones.
You who are saved. Nail your colors to the mast. Live before those friends that my brother was talking about. Let them ask, why do you live the way you do? Why do you act the way you do? What are you living for?
What are you? And you can tell them. There will be power in that. Nail your colors to the mast. And you know what? You won't have to worry about, well what do I do if they ask me to go here or ask me to go there.
There are some that you will gladly go along. You go along already. You're not too far gone. Don't go. Stop going. Stop being part of that group that they're going to hell and they don't love your Savior and they are children of the devil.
Be an influence. Make an impact. But don't go along. And you know what? You live like that way and you won't have to worry about your friends. Like how do you get out of this situation? How do I escape?
You know what will happen? They won't include you. It will be like Moses. Remember when it came to Moses that he pushed different things at the word of God. And Pharaoh finally said, get out. You get out.
We don't want you here. That's what will happen. I'm going to read one poem. My brother read a poem. It was interesting when you read it. I am not one for poetry. But I want to read you this and I will end with this.
It is actually a poem about the world and it's called The Young Christian. But it could be for any Christian. Young, middle aged or older. It was written by a woman named Margaret Morrow. It's wonderful to see when sisters recognize this.
Because I will say this. It is especially difficult for you women. You Christian women. It's easier for us men. Far easier. It is harder. And I take my hat off. And I pray for you. Because it is difficult.
Reproach. The way you carry yourself. Your deportment. Your demeanor. Being demure. Not being assertive. Not being flirtatious. Not putting yourself out there. For men to view and look at and want. Not being that forward type of a...
No. God values that. So I will just read this. I am not going to read the whole poem. But the whole hymn. But it says this. I cannot give it up. This little world I know. The innocent delights of youth.
The things I cherish so. It is true I love my Lord. And want to do His will. But oh, I may enjoy the world. And be a Christian still. Those things belong to youth. And are its natural right. My dress.
My pastimes. And my friends. The merry and the bright. My Father's heart is kind. He will not count it ill. That my small corner of the world. Should please and hold me still. And yet. Outside the camp.
T 'was there my Savior died. It was the world that cast Him forth. And saw Him crucified. Can I take part with those. Who nailed Him to the tree. And where His name is never praised. Is that the place for me?
No world. I turn away. Though thou seem fair and good. That frequently outstretched hand of yours. Is stained with Jesus' blood. If in thy least device. I stoop to take apart. All unaware thine influence steals.
God's presence from my heart. Shame on me that sought. Another joy than this. Or. I desire a heart at rest with thee. Could crave for earthly bliss. These vain and worthless things. I put them all aside.
His goodness fills my longing soul. And I am satisfied. Lord Jesus. Let me dwell. Outside the camp with thee. Since thou. Since thou art there. And there alone. In peace and home for me. Thy dear reproach to bear.
I'll count my highest gain. Till thou return. My banished king. To take thy power. And reign.