When you know my loving nature, How at first I gently twinge you, Lightly twinge you as a warning, Hoping thus, by kind reminder, You will bear my voice and listen-- Sure am I that when you know me, You will gladly then embrace me, Call me friend and give me welcome, Call me friend and ask my message. III This the message I would bring you, This the reason for my visits, This the warning I would give you, This the secret I would teach you: When you learn to live as Nature In her great and boundless mercy, In her tender, loving kindness, In her wisdom and her goodness Meant that men should live and labor, When you learn to shun the by-ways Leading off to vicious habits, When you learn to keep your body Strong and clean and pure and active, Give it work in right proportion, Give it air, and food, and water, Fit to build its every member, Fit to nourish every function, When you teach your mind and spirit Pure and noble thoughts to harbor, Drive out fear, and hate, and malice, Cherish love and kindly motive, When you learn these things I've told you, ~When you know them, when you do them, ~Then I will depart and leave you, Then no more will Pain be needed. IV This is, then, the truth I bring you, That I hurt you but to warn you, Not to harm you but to heal you, That I come to guide and teach you. I am God's most blessed angel, Sent to point the way to virtue, Sent to teach the noblest manhood, Sent to fill the mind with wisdom, Sent to rouse the soul to action. V Love me, trust me, heed my message; I will bring you peace and bless you!