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[The gospel-husbandman, like him]
Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the, &c.
—v. 7.
The gospel-husbandman, like him,
Expects earth's precious fruit to see,
Not (as the young enthusiasts dream)
In sudden, full maturity,
But waiting still in patient hope,
For the long-buried seed's return,
He sees by slow degrees spring up
The blade, the ear, and then the corn.
Expects earth's precious fruit to see,
Not (as the young enthusiasts dream)
In sudden, full maturity,
But waiting still in patient hope,
For the long-buried seed's return,
He sees by slow degrees spring up
The blade, the ear, and then the corn.
He dares not ask almighty power
For signs unpromised from above,
Expecting from a single shower
The harvest ripe of perfect love;
But looking for the gradual grace,
The early and the latter rain,
He shall that finish'd holiness,
That perfect love at last obtain.
For signs unpromised from above,
Expecting from a single shower
The harvest ripe of perfect love;
But looking for the gradual grace,
The early and the latter rain,
He shall that finish'd holiness,
That perfect love at last obtain.
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