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Text:Indulgent God! with pitying eye

232. Indulgent God! with pitying eye

1 Indulgent God! with pitying eyes
The sons of men survey.
Alas! how thoughtless mortals sport
In sin's destructive way!

2 Ten thousand dangers lurk around,
to bear them to the tomb:
Each passing hour may place them where,
Repentance cannot come.

3 Reclaim, O Lord! their wand'ring minds,
Amus'd with airy dreams;
That heav'nly wisdom may dispel
Their visionary Schemes.

4 Guide and direct them by word,
Their dang'rous state to see;
That they may seek and find the path,
That leads to heav'n and thee.

Text Information
First Line: Indulgent God! with pitying eye
Meter: C. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1814
Topic: The Danger and Misery of Sin
Notes: Public Domain.
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