565. Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and, &c.—23:1–3. 1 THE’ appointed teachers now The chair of Moses fill: To them by Thy command I bow, Respect, and hear them still: I hear them read, or preach, With reverential awe, And gladly do whate’er they teach Out of Thy sacred law. 2 But me Thy word forbids Implicitly to’ obey, Or do according to their deeds When from Thy paths they stray: When Thee their lives despise, Or contradict Thy word, I stop my ears, and shut my eyes, And only