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THE USE OF TEARS.
Tears will ease the spirit's pain,
Falling as a gentle rain;
Tears will cool the throbbing heart,
Feverish with inward smart;
Tears will make thee kind and soft—
So they do not flow too oft;—
Tears are sweet,—yet oft 'tis fitter,
As for sin, that they be bitter.
Falling as a gentle rain;
Tears will cool the throbbing heart,
Feverish with inward smart;
Tears will make thee kind and soft—
So they do not flow too oft;—
Tears are sweet,—yet oft 'tis fitter,
As for sin, that they be bitter.
But, my love, an ocean spilt
Never can atone for guilt;
Tears can never pay the debt
All men owe,—but most forget:
Nay; forgiveness God doth give,—
'Tis for thee,—believe and live;
'Tis for thee,—then weep not so,
Desolate in hopeless woe,
Though thy tears God loves to see,—
For He hath forgiven thee.
Never can atone for guilt;
Tears can never pay the debt
All men owe,—but most forget:
Nay; forgiveness God doth give,—
'Tis for thee,—believe and live;
'Tis for thee,—then weep not so,
Desolate in hopeless woe,
Though thy tears God loves to see,—
For He hath forgiven thee.
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