Devotional Verses Founded on and Illustrative of select Texts of Scripture [by Bernard Barton] |
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THE LUKEWARM THREATENED. |
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THE LUKEWARM THREATENED.
“And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search
Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on
their lees: that say in their heart, the Lord will not do good, neither
will he do evil.”
—Zephaniah, i. 12.
Zion's children, sunk in ease,
From your dang'rous rest awaken;
Spirits, settled on your lees,
By the Lord ye shall be shaken.
From your dang'rous rest awaken;
Spirits, settled on your lees,
By the Lord ye shall be shaken.
Say not in your hearts “from God
Good or ill no more proceedeth,
What the paths by mortals trod,
He, the Lord, no longer heedeth.”
Good or ill no more proceedeth,
What the paths by mortals trod,
He, the Lord, no longer heedeth.”
Know ye, that the time draws nigh,
When the Lord, his power revealing,
Hearts will search, and reins will try,
Unto each in turn appealing.
When the Lord, his power revealing,
Hearts will search, and reins will try,
Unto each in turn appealing.
He Jerusalem will search
By his own illumination,
He will visit yet his church,
Proving every man's foundation.
By his own illumination,
He will visit yet his church,
Proving every man's foundation.
144
Unto you, who sit at ease,
Shall the trumpet sound in Zion;
You too, settled on your lees,
Shall be rous'd by Judah's lion.
Shall the trumpet sound in Zion;
You too, settled on your lees,
Shall be rous'd by Judah's lion.
For that trumpet will reveal
Joy or woe for endless ages,
And that lion will unseal
Life's or death's eventful pages.
Joy or woe for endless ages,
And that lion will unseal
Life's or death's eventful pages.
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