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Children of Isaac and Esau.
1
Children of Esau, as we read,
Still hatred bear to Isaac's seed;
A different nature each contains,
Here, God presides,—there, Satan reigns!
2
Children of Esau, prone to err,
Time, to eternity, prefer;
They grasp at shadows,—roam in night,
Nor seek the substance out of sight!
3
Children of Esau, him contemn,
Ordain'd to wear the diadem;
They in his name no virtues see,
Nor to their Saviour bend the knee!
4
Children of Esau, from beneath,
The atmosphere of Satan breathe;
Deceit they love, the truth they hate,
And prove themselves the reprobate!
5
They spurn the statute from above,
The law of charity and love;
While they on malice, fraud, and guile,
Can look with the approving smile!
6
Children of Esau, here below,
The union find of sin and woe;
But the unutterable doom,
Lies unreveal'd, beyond the tomb!
7
The sons of Esau, may we view
With pity, and compassion true;
And strive, (while many a prayer we raise,)
To turn them from their evil ways!
8
In that bless'd world, where Christ is crown'd,
No sons of Esau will be found!
May we behold those regions bright,
With Isaac's sons, the sons of light!
