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Text:What strange perplexities arise!

289. What strange perplexities arise!

1 What strange perplexities arise!
What anxious fears and jealousies!
What crowds in doubtful light appear!
How few, alas, approv'd and clear!

2 And what am I?--My soul, awake,
And an impartial survey take.
Does no dark sign, no ground of fear,
In practice or in heart appear?

3 What image does my spirit bear?
Is Jesus form'd and living there?
Say, do his lineaments divine
In thought, and word, and action shine?

4 Searcher of hearts, O search me still;
The secrets of my soul reveal;
My fears remove; let me appear
To God and my own conscience clear!

Text Information
First Line: What strange perplexities arise!
Meter: L. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1845
Topic: The Christian: His Various Relations
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