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Occasional verse, moral and sacred

Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet]

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FREE GRACE AT LIBERTY.

I

God gives, yet takes—'tis all His own;
And as He takes He gives;
By which He makes His mercy known,
And praise for both receives.

II

He gives the offer of His grace,
Or takes the grace away;
Or worketh in a moment's space
The wonders of a day.

III

One day with Him's a thousand years,
A thousand years as one:
Cease then to tease Him with your tears,
And let your god alone.

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IV

You need not doubt who fear his name,
His power, or his will;
Nor shall that heart be put to shame
That takes the hint, “Be still.”