Songs Controversial By Silent Long [i.e. T. T. Lynch] |
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THE PHARISEE CHANGED. |
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III. THE PHARISEE CHANGED.
The Pharisee informed the Lord
How good a life he led;
The Publican shrunk back in shame,
And smote his breast instead:
But when the Lord, in tender love,
The penitent commended,
The hypocrite, with heart unchanged,
Straightway his prayer amended.
How good a life he led;
The Publican shrunk back in shame,
And smote his breast instead:
But when the Lord, in tender love,
The penitent commended,
The hypocrite, with heart unchanged,
Straightway his prayer amended.
Said he, The man who says he's worst
Is by the Lord thought best;
So next when he to worship went,
As Publican he drest,
And smote upon his hollow heart,
And bowed him down and groaned,
And, proud of his humility,
His unfelt sins he owned.
Is by the Lord thought best;
So next when he to worship went,
As Publican he drest,
And smote upon his hollow heart,
And bowed him down and groaned,
And, proud of his humility,
His unfelt sins he owned.
The Publican, an altered man,
Came, too, with lifted head,
And joyfully gave thanks to God
For the new life he led:
The Lord again his offering took,
Still spurned the Pharisee's,
For sometimes tears and sometimes thanks,
But only Truth can please.
Came, too, with lifted head,
And joyfully gave thanks to God
For the new life he led:
The Lord again his offering took,
Still spurned the Pharisee's,
For sometimes tears and sometimes thanks,
But only Truth can please.
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