Dedication

Jesus, the Way, the Truth, and the Life,

Model of every virtue, and its reward,

Sweet Saviour of mankind, meek Monarch of all hearts,

Ruling with peerless right, yet gentlest sway;

To Thee, dear Lord,

With homage deepest, and with tenderest love,

This version is inscribed,

In humble hope, and earnest prayer,

That by Thy mercy, what is herein writ,

May serve still more and more as time goes on

To stay the erring, and to guide the good,

By

‘Solid Virtue,’

Unto Heaven and Thee.