41. A Word in Season
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O LORD! when sin's close-marshall'd line |
| Assails Thy witness on his way, |
| How should he raise Thy glorious sign, |
| And how Thy will display? |
Thy holy Paul, with soul of flame, |
| Rose on Mars' hill, a soldier lone; |
| Shall I thus speak th' Atoning Name, |
| Though with a heart of stone? |
"Not so," He said: "hush thee, and seek, |
| With thoughts in prayer and watchful eyes, |
| My seasons sent for thee to speak, |
| And use them as they rise." |
Gibraltar.
December 17, 1832. |