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[Why hath God conceal'd the day]
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, &c.
—xxiv. 36.
Why hath God conceal'd the day
When He will to judgment come?
That we every moment may
Stand prepared to meet our doom,
For the trumpet's sound attend,
Watch to see our Judge descend.
When He will to judgment come?
That we every moment may
Stand prepared to meet our doom,
For the trumpet's sound attend,
Watch to see our Judge descend.
Yet the curious pride of man
Dares into the secret pry,
Listens to predictions vain,
Dreams which give our God the lie,
Prophets who the day foreshow,
Tell what only God can know.
Dares into the secret pry,
Listens to predictions vain,
Dreams which give our God the lie,
Prophets who the day foreshow,
Tell what only God can know.
Them Thy wrath, most righteous Lord,
To their own delusions leaves;
Every bold impostor's word
Then the' unstable souls deceives,
Doting, blind credulity
Plagues their unbelief of Thee.
To their own delusions leaves;
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Then the' unstable souls deceives,
Doting, blind credulity
Plagues their unbelief of Thee.
Lord from such we turn away,
Trust to be through grace alone
Kept to that uncertain day,
To that awful hour unknown,
Following after righteousness,
Found at last in perfect peace.
Trust to be through grace alone
Kept to that uncertain day,
To that awful hour unknown,
Following after righteousness,
Found at last in perfect peace.
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