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268 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 ; &quot; And I, if 1 be lifted up, Will draw the sinner upward too.

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.