Hymns for the Amusement of Children (1791)/Moderation

by Christopher Smart

HYMN IX.

MODERATION.

Tho' I my party long have chose,
And claim Christ Jesus on my side,
Yet will I not my peace oppose,
By pique, by prejudice, or pride.

5Blessed be God, that, at the font,
My sponsors bound me to the call
Of Christ in England to confront
The world, the flesh, the fiend and all.

And yet I will my thoughts suppress,
10 And keep my tongue from censure clear;
The Jew, the Turk, the Heathen bless,
And hold the plough and persevere.

There's God in ev'ry man most sure,
And ev'ry soul's to Christ allied;
15If fears deject, if hopes allure,
If Jesus wept, and pray'd, and died.

 

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