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CLXXXVII. Parable of the wheat and tares

1 Though in the earthly church below
The wheat and tares together grow;
Jesus ere long will weed the crop,
And pluck the tares, in anger up.

2 Will it relieve their horrors there,
To recollect their stations here?
How much they heard, how much they knew,
How long among the wheat they grew!

3 Oh! this will aggravate their case!
They perish under means of grace;
To them the word of life and faith,
Became an instrument of death.

4 We seem alike when thus we meet,
Strangers might think we all were wheat;
But to the Lord's all-searching eyes,
Each heart appears without disguise.

5 The tares are spar'd for various ends,
Some, for the sake of praying friends;
Others, the Lord, against their will,
Employs his counsel to fulfil.

6 But thought they grow so tall and strong,
His plan will not require them long;
In harvest when he save his own,
The tares shall into hell be thrown.

Text Information

• First Line: Though in the earthly church below
• Title: Parable of the wheat and tares
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1799
• Scripture:
  Matthew 13:37-42
• Topic: Christians: And hypocrits

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