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233. THE SOUL.
When once the soul has lost her way,
O then how restless does she stray!
And having not her God for light,
How does she err in endless night!
O then how restless does she stray!
And having not her God for light,
How does she err in endless night!
234. THE JUDGMENT-DAY.
In doing justice God shall then be known,
Who showing mercy here, few prized, or none.
Who showing mercy here, few prized, or none.
235. SUFFERINGS.
We merit all we suffer, and by far
More stripes than God lays on the sufferer.
More stripes than God lays on the sufferer.
236. PAIN AND PLEASURE.
God suffers not His saints and servants dear
To have continual pain or pleasure here;
But look how night succeeds the day, so He
Gives them by turns their grief and jollity.
To have continual pain or pleasure here;
But look how night succeeds the day, so He
Gives them by turns their grief and jollity.
237. GOD'S PRESENCE.
God is all-present to whate'er we do,
And as all-present, so all-filling too.
And as all-present, so all-filling too.
238. ANOTHER.
That there's a God we all do know,
But what God is we cannot show.
But what God is we cannot show.
