2 Till then, by blinded passions led,
In search of fancied good we range,
The paths of disappointment tread,
To nothing fix d but love of change.
3 But when the Holy Ghost imparts
A knowledge of the Saviour s love,
Our wand ring, weary, restless hearts
Are fix d at once, no more to move.
4 Now a new principle takes place,
Which guides and animates the will ;
This love, another name for grace,
Constrains to good, and bars from ill.
5 By love s pure light we soon perceive
Our noblest bliss and proper end ;
And gladly every idol leave,
To love and serve our Lord and Friend,
6 Thus, borne along by faith and hope,
We feel the Saviour s words are true ;
" And I, if 1 be lifted up,
Will draw the sinner upward too.
91.
The Spider and Bee.
1 ON the same flow r we often see
The loathsome spider and the bee;
But what they get by working there
Is diffrent as their natures are.
2 The bee a sweet reward obtains,
And honey well repays his pains ;
Home to the hive he bears the store,
And then returns in quest of more.
3 But no sweet flow rs that grace the field
Can honey to the spider yield ;
A cobweb all that he can spin,
And poison all the stores within.
4 Thus in that sacred field, the Word,
With flow rs of God s own planting stored.
