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A WORD OF CAUTION. |
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A WORD OF CAUTION.
“Remember Lot's wife.”
—Luke, xvii. 32.
Here, he who runs may plainly read,
How little can a call avail;
How easy is it to proceed
Some steps aright, and yet to fail.
How little can a call avail;
How easy is it to proceed
Some steps aright, and yet to fail.
How was she call'd! nay, led perforce
By guides commission'd from on high;
Who pointed out her onward course,
Commanding her for life to fly.
By guides commission'd from on high;
Who pointed out her onward course,
Commanding her for life to fly.
To fly, nor once look back to trace
The righteous vengeance of the Lord,
Which, on the accurs'd and guilty place,
Destruction's fiery flood out-pour'd.
The righteous vengeance of the Lord,
Which, on the accurs'd and guilty place,
Destruction's fiery flood out-pour'd.
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Thou who hast heard a voice within,
Bidding thee fly, nor look behind;
If tempted to look back on sin,
Bear this example in thy mind.
Bidding thee fly, nor look behind;
If tempted to look back on sin,
Bear this example in thy mind.
When but allur'd in thought to dwell
On scenes thought should indulge no more,
Recall the doom on her which fell,
And loathe what thou hast lov'd before.
On scenes thought should indulge no more,
Recall the doom on her which fell,
And loathe what thou hast lov'd before.
Remember, for the glance she turn'd
To sin's abode from safety's path;
God, whose commandment she had spurn'd,
Made her a monument of wrath.
To sin's abode from safety's path;
God, whose commandment she had spurn'd,
Made her a monument of wrath.
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