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491.

[If mercies without end could move]

Only fear the Lord, and serve Him, &c. —xii. 24.

If mercies without end could move
So base, so hard an heart as mine,

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Its whole capacity of love
Had surely long ago been Thine:
Lord, for Thine endless mercies' sake,
My stubborn misery relieve,
And to Thyself this moment take
The heart which I can never give.