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 | The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley |  |
HYMN XLVIII.
[How wretched are the boys at school]
How wretched are the boys at school,
Who wickedly delight
To mock, and call each other fool,
And with each other fight:
Who wickedly delight
To mock, and call each other fool,
And with each other fight:
Who soon their innocency lose,
And learn to curse and swear;
Or, if they do no harm, suppose
That good enough they are!
And learn to curse and swear;
Or, if they do no harm, suppose
That good enough they are!
O how much happier we than they!
We, from the paths of vice
Removed far off, and taught the way
That leads us to the skies.
We, from the paths of vice
Removed far off, and taught the way
That leads us to the skies.
We to the Lamb's atoning blood
Are pointed in our youth,
And rightly taught to worship God
In spirit and in truth.
Are pointed in our youth,
And rightly taught to worship God
In spirit and in truth.
Yet nought have we whereof to boast,
As wiser than the rest:
He is not wise who knows the most,
But he who lives the best.
As wiser than the rest:
He is not wise who knows the most,
But he who lives the best.
If God on us hath much bestow'd,
He will require the more:
We ought to serve and love our God
With all our heart and power.
He will require the more:
We ought to serve and love our God
With all our heart and power.
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But if we live in vice and sin,
And make Him no return,
Far better it for us had been
That we had ne'er been born.
And make Him no return,
Far better it for us had been
That we had ne'er been born.
We shall with many stripes be beat,
The sorest judgment feel,
And of all wicked children meet
The hottest place in hell.
The sorest judgment feel,
And of all wicked children meet
The hottest place in hell.
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