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290 In evil long harden'd, The Lord he defied ; Yet he too was pardon'd, When mercy he cried.

7 Of sinners the chief, And viler than all, The jailor or thief, Manasseh or Saul: Since they were forgiven, Why should I despair While Christ is in heaven And still answers prayer ?

1 BREATHE from the gentle south Lord, And cheer me from the north ; Blow on the treasures of thy word. And call the spices forth!

2 I wish, thou know st, to be resign'd, An d wait with patient hope ; But hope delay d fatigues the mind And drinks the spirits up.

3 Help me to reach the distant goal, Confirm my feeble knee Pity the sickness of a soul That faints for love of thee.

4 Cold as I feel this heart of mine, Yet since I feel it so,. It yields some hope of life divine Within, however low.

5 I seem forsaken and alone, I hear the lion roar ; And every door is shut but one, And that is mercy's door.

6 There, till the dear Deliv'rer come, I ll wait with humble pray'r ;