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90. TEARS.
Our present tears here, not our present laughter,
Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter.
Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter.
Handsels, earnest money, foretaste.
91. SIN AND STRIFE.
After true sorrow for our sins, our strife
Must last with Satan to the end of life.
Must last with Satan to the end of life.
92. AN ODE, OR PSALM TO GOD.
Dear God,
If Thy smart rod
Here did not make me sorry,
I should not be
With Thine or Thee
In Thy eternal glory.
If Thy smart rod
Here did not make me sorry,
I should not be
With Thine or Thee
In Thy eternal glory.
But since
Thou didst convince
My sins by gently striking;
Add still to those
First stripes new blows,
According to Thy liking.
Thou didst convince
My sins by gently striking;
Add still to those
First stripes new blows,
According to Thy liking.
Fear me,
Or scourging tear me;
That thus from vices driven,
I may from hell
Fly up to dwell
With Thee and Thine in heaven.
Or scourging tear me;
That thus from vices driven,
I may from hell
Fly up to dwell
With Thee and Thine in heaven.
