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 41. A Word in Season  O LORD! when sin's close-marshall'd line Assails Thy witness on his way, How should he raise Thy glorious sign, And how Thy will display?  Thy holy Paul, with soul of flame, Rose on Mars' hill, a soldier lone; Shall I thus speak th' Atoning Name, Though with a heart of stone?  "Not so," He said: "hush thee, and seek, With thoughts in prayer and watchful eyes, My seasons sent for thee to speak, And use them as they rise."  Gibraltar .  December 17, 1832.