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BOYS OF THE BIBLE.

Let's get acquainted with Jesus!
* Twill help, from the Book of Books, so plain,
The blessed gift of the truth to gain—
If we get acquainted with Jesus.

What youth is this, who to man’s estate
Goes forth? There's a joy before his eyes;
He will suffer sore for a joy so great:
For that joy will abide, though ke bleeds and dies!
His name, they tell us, is—Jesus.
Let's get acquainted with Jesus!
> Twill help us to live—if need be, to die—
That others may live with God on high—
If we get acquainted with Jesus.

And oh, who is this, who in robes of light
Now walks in the midst of the holy, above?
While nevermore ceaseth the song of delight
Which praises the Prince of Life and Love!
The angels tell us, ‘tis Jesus.
Let's get acquainted with Jesus!
For oh, we shall rise and reign with Him
And join in the song of the seraphim—
lf we get acquainted with Jesus!
—F. KB. Nutting.