A Selection of Psalms and Hymns ‎#CXLVIIb

CXLVIIb. The stony Heart

1 O! for a glance of heav'nly day,
To take this stubborn heart away;
And thaw with beams of love divine,
This heart, this frozen heart of mine.

2 The rocks can rent; the earth can quake,
The seas can roar; the mountains shake;
Of feeling all things show some sign,
But this unfeeling heart of mine.

3 To hear the sorrows thou hast felt,
Dear Lord an adamant would melt:
But I can reach each moving line,
And nothing moves this heart of mine.

4 Thy judgments too, unmov'd I hear,
(Amazing thought!) which devils fear:
Goodness and wrath in vain combine,
To stir this stupid heart of mine.

5 But something yet can do the deed,
And that dear something much I need:
O! may thy Spirit now refine,
From dross, and melt this heart of mine.

Text Information

• First Line: O! for a glance of heav'nly day
• Title: The stony Heart
• Meter: Long Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Topic: After Sermon
• Source: The Collection
• Notes: Public Domain.

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