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JUVENILIA
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THE SACRAMENT.
Aldborough, 1779.
O sacred gift of God to man,
A faith that looks above,
And sees the deep amazing plan
Of sanctifying love.
A faith that looks above,
And sees the deep amazing plan
Of sanctifying love.
Thou dear and yet tremendous God,
Whose glory pride reviles;
How did'st thou change thy awful rod
To pard'ning grace and smiles!
Whose glory pride reviles;
How did'st thou change thy awful rod
To pard'ning grace and smiles!
Shut up with sin, with shame below,
I trust, this bondage past,
A great, a glorious change to know,
And to be bless'd at last.
I trust, this bondage past,
A great, a glorious change to know,
And to be bless'd at last.
I do believe, that, God of light!
Thou didst to earth descend,
With Satan and with Sin to fight—
Our great, our only friend.
Thou didst to earth descend,
With Satan and with Sin to fight—
Our great, our only friend.
I know thou did'st ordain for me,
Thy creature, bread and wine;
The depth of grace I cannot see,
But worship the design.
Thy creature, bread and wine;
The depth of grace I cannot see,
But worship the design.
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