Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: In what confusion earth appears
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Hymn Number: 359
Page Number: 358, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsIn what confusion earth appears,
God's dearest children bathed in tears;
While they, who heaven itself deride,
Riot in luxury and pride.
Be patient let my soul attend,
And ere I censure, view the end;
That end, how different, who can tell?
The wide extremes of heaven and hell.
See the red flames around him twine,
Who did in gold and purple shine!
Nor can his tongue one drop obtain
T' allay the scorching of his pain.
While round the saint, so poor below,
Full rivers of salvation flow;
On Abram's breast he leaves his head,
And banquets on celestial bread.
Jesus, my Saviour, let me share
The meanest of thy servant's fare;
May I at last approach to taste
The blessings of thy marriage feast.