I am reading a book that some friends of ours loaned us, this book is called, The Dairymans Daughter. By Legh Richmond. And there's this beautiful poem in it, I just had to share. It's about reaching the Lost, I know I need to spread the Gospel more.
"Shall I, through fear of
Feeble man,
The Spirits course strive to
Restrain?
Or, undismay'd in deed and
Word,
Be a true witness for my
Lord?
"Aw'd by a mortal's frown,
Shall I conceal the word of
God most High?
How then before Thee Shall
I Dare To stand, or how
Thine anger bear?
"Shall I, to soothe th' unholy
Throng, Soften thy truths
And smooth thy tongue
To gain earth's gilded toy's,
Or flee The Cross endur'd,
My God, by Thee?
"What then is he, whose
Scorn I dread? Whose wrath
Or hate makes me afraid?
A man? An heir of death?
A slave to sin? A bubble on
The wave?
"Yea, let men rage, since
Thou wilt spread Thy
Shadowing wings around my
Head; Since in all pain Thy
Tender love Will still my sure
Refreshment prove.
"Still shall the love of Christ
Constrain to seek the
Wand'ring souls of men,
With cries, entreaties, tears
To save,
And snatch them from the
Yawning grave.
"For this let men revile my
Name,
No Cross I shun, I fear no
Shame:
All hail reproach, and
Welcome pain,
Only Thy terrors, Lord,
Restrain."
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