Devotional Verses Founded on and Illustrative of select Texts of Scripture [by Bernard Barton] |
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THE LANGUAGE OF THE TEMPTER. |
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THE LANGUAGE OF THE TEMPTER.
“Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Curse God, and die.”
—Job, ii. 9.
Such is the language to this hour,
Of Satan in the heart,
When tribulation fiercest power
Has wing'd its fiery dart.
Of Satan in the heart,
When tribulation fiercest power
Has wing'd its fiery dart.
When night more dark than of the tomb
Appears to veil our sky,
Are heard his whispers through the gloom—
Now curse thy God, and die.
Appears to veil our sky,
Are heard his whispers through the gloom—
Now curse thy God, and die.
Why thy integrity retain
When He hath cast thee off,
And left thee to thy foes' disdain,
Or friends' more cruel scoff?
When He hath cast thee off,
And left thee to thy foes' disdain,
Or friends' more cruel scoff?
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Thou tried, and tempted! hast thou heard
A voice like this within?
Be one unfailing prayer preferr'd—
“Lord, save me from this sin!”
A voice like this within?
Be one unfailing prayer preferr'd—
“Lord, save me from this sin!”
Seek for that patient faith which lives
Dependant on His will,
Whose hand, while every good it gives,
Dispenses needful ill.
Dependant on His will,
Whose hand, while every good it gives,
Dispenses needful ill.
Still thine integrity hold fast,
The tempter's counsel spurn,
“Hope against hope!”—and God at last
Will for thy help return.
The tempter's counsel spurn,
“Hope against hope!”—and God at last
Will for thy help return.
He never yet abandon'd one
Who strove to Him to cleave,
And watch'd, and waited through His Son
Salvation to receive.
Who strove to Him to cleave,
And watch'd, and waited through His Son
Salvation to receive.
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