6 The Holy Spirit must reveal
The Saviour s work and worth ;
Then the hard heart begins to feel
A new and heav nly birth.
7 Thus bought with blood and born again,
Redeem d and saved by grace,
Rebels in God s own house obtain
A son s and daughter s place.
30.
Winter.[1]
1 SEE, how rude Winter s icy hand
Has stripp d the trees and seal d the ground!
But Spring shall soon his rage withstand,
And spread new beauties all around.
2 My soul a sharper winter mourns,
Barren and fruitless I remain ;
When will the gentle spring return,
And bid my graces grow again ?
3 Jesus, my glorious sun, arise!
Tis thine the frozen heart to move ;
Oh! hush these storms and clear my skies.
And let me feel thy vital love !
4 Dear Lord, regard my feeble cry,
I faint and droop till thou appear ;
Wilt thou permit thy plant to die?
Must it be winter all the year.
5 Be still, my soul, and wait his hour
With humble pray r and patient faith ;
Till he reveals his gracious power,
Repose on what his promise saith.
6 He, by whose all-commanding word
Seasons their changing course maintain,
In every change a pledge affords,
That none shall seek his face in vain.
- ↑ Book iii, Hymn 31.
