The book of sacred song . MK jHE world with stones, instead ofbread,Our hungry souls has often fed ;It promised health, — in one short hourPerished the fair but fragile flower;It promised riches,—in a dayThey made them wings and fled away;It promised friends,—all sought their own,And left my widowM heart alone. Lord! with the barren service spent,To Thee my suppliant knee I bent;And found in Thee a Fathers grace,His hand, His heart, His faithfulness;The voice of peace, the smile of love,The bread which feeds the saints above;And tasted in this world of woe,A joy its children never know. 312 TH
The book of sacred song . MK jHE world with stones, instead ofbread,Our hungry souls has often fed ;It promised health, — in one short hourPerished the fair but fragile flower;It promised riches,—in a dayThey made them wings and fled away;It promised friends,—all sought their own,And left my widowM heart alone. Lord! with the barren service spent,To Thee my suppliant knee I bent;And found in Thee a Fathers grace,His hand, His heart, His faithfulness;The voice of peace, the smile of love,The bread which feeds the saints above;And tasted in this world of woe,A joy its children never know. 312 THE BOOK OF SACRED u FOOLS MAKE A MOCK AT SIN ! 3H0 laughs at sin, laughs at his Makersfrowns ;Laughs at the sword of vengeance oerhis head;Laughs at the great Redeemers tears and wounds,Who, but for sin, had never wept or bled. Who laughs at sin, laughs at the numerous woesWhich have the guilty world so oft befell; Laughs at the whole creations groans and throes,—At all the spoils of death, and pains of hell. Who laughs at sin, laughs at his own disease; Welcomes approaching torments with his smiles;Dares at his souls expense his fancy please, Affronts his God, himself of bliss beguiles. Who laughs at sin, sports at his guilt and shame; Laughs at the errors of his senseless mind :For so absurd a fool, there wants a name, Expressive of a folly so refined. modern: anonymous. 313
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