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146 6 And if thou make thy temple shine, Yet, self-abased, will I adore ; The gold and silver are not mine, I give thee what was thine before.

1 ONE awful word which Jesus spoke Against the tree which bore no fruit, More piercing than the lightning s stroke Blasted and dried it to the root.

2 But could a tree the Lord offend, To make him show his anger thus i He surely had, a further end- To be a warning word to us.

3 The fig-tree by its leaves was known ; But having not a fig to show, It brought a heavy sentence down-- &quot; Let none hereafter on thee grow.

4 Too many, who the gospel hear, Whom Satan blinds and sin deceives We to this fig-tree may compare, They yield no fruit, but only leaves

5 Knowledge and zeal and gifts and talk. Unless combined with faith and love, And witnessed by a gospel-walk, Will not a true profession prove.

6 Without the fruit the Lord expects Knowledge will make our state the wors The barren trees he still rejects And soon will blast them with his &amp;lt;

7 Lord, unite our hearts in prayer ! On each of us thy Spirit send, That we the fruits of grace may bear, And find acceptance in the end.