A living being I became,
And Adam gave to me my name,
I from his presence then withdrew,
And more of Adam never knew,

I did my Maker's law obey,
Nor ever went from it astray,
Thousands of miles I go in fear,
But seldom do on earth appear,

For purpose wise which God did see,
He put a living soul in me,
A soul from me God did claim,
And took from me the soul again,

So when from me the soul had fled,
I was the same as when first made,
And without hands, or feet, or soul,
I travel on from pole to pole,

I labor hard by day, by night,
To fallen man I give great light,
Thousands of people, young and old,
Will by my death great light behold,

No right nor wrong can I conceive,
The scripture I cannot believe,
Although my name therein is found,
They are to me an empty sound,

No fact of death doth trouble me,
Real happiness I'll never see,
To Heaven I'll never go,
Neither to Hell below,

Now when these lines you slowly read,
Go search your Bible with all speed,
For that my name is written there,
Four times! I honestly declare.