Chapter 68

SLOTHFULNESS LAMENTED.

“Mydrowsy powers, why sleep ye so?Awake, my sluggish soul;Nothing has half thy work to do,Yet nothing’s half so dull.“We, for whom God the Son came downAnd labored for our good,How careless to secure that crownHe purchased with His blood!“Lord, shall we lie so sluggish stillAnd never act our parts?Come, Holy Spirit, come and fillAnd wake and warm our hearts.”

“Mydrowsy powers, why sleep ye so?Awake, my sluggish soul;Nothing has half thy work to do,Yet nothing’s half so dull.“We, for whom God the Son came downAnd labored for our good,How careless to secure that crownHe purchased with His blood!“Lord, shall we lie so sluggish stillAnd never act our parts?Come, Holy Spirit, come and fillAnd wake and warm our hearts.”

“Mydrowsy powers, why sleep ye so?Awake, my sluggish soul;Nothing has half thy work to do,Yet nothing’s half so dull.

“Mydrowsy powers, why sleep ye so?

Awake, my sluggish soul;

Nothing has half thy work to do,

Yet nothing’s half so dull.

“We, for whom God the Son came downAnd labored for our good,How careless to secure that crownHe purchased with His blood!

“We, for whom God the Son came down

And labored for our good,

How careless to secure that crown

He purchased with His blood!

“Lord, shall we lie so sluggish stillAnd never act our parts?Come, Holy Spirit, come and fillAnd wake and warm our hearts.”

“Lord, shall we lie so sluggish still

And never act our parts?

Come, Holy Spirit, come and fill

And wake and warm our hearts.”


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