3 The force of truth, how great !
When enemies confess,
None but the righteous, whom they hate,
A solid hope possess.
4 But Balaam s wish was vain,
His heart was insincere ;
He thirsted for unrighteous gain.
And sought a portion here.
5 He seem d the Lord to know.
And to offend him loath ;
But Mammon proved his overthrow,
For none can serve them both.
6 May you, my friends, and I,
Warning from hence receive,
If like the righteous we would die,
To choose the life they live.
21.
Gibeon.—Joshua, x, 6.
1 WHEN Joshua, by God s command,
Invaded Canaan s guilty land,
Gibeon, unlike the nations round,
Submission made, and mercy found.
2 Their stubborn neighbours who, enraged,
United war against them waged,
By Joshua soon were overthrown,
For Gibeon s cause was now his own.
3.He from whose arm they ruin fear d
Their leader and ally appear d ;
An emblem of the Saviour s grace
To those who humbly seek his face.
4. The men of Gibeon wore disguise,
And gain d their peace by framing lies ;
For Joshua had no power to spare,
If he had known from whence they were,
5. But Jesus invitations sends,
Treating with rebels as his friends :
