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Say, Christian; wouldst thou thrive

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1 Say, Christian, would’st thou thrive
In knowledge of thy Lord?
Against no Scripture ever strive,
But tremble at his word.

2 Revere the sacred page;
To injure any part
Betrays, with blind and feeble rage,
A hard and haughty heart.

3 If aught there dark appear,
Bewail thy want of sight;
No imperfection can be there,
For all God’s words are right.

4 The Scriptures and the Lord
Bear one tremendous name;
The written and the incarnate Word
In all things are the same.

Source: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #878

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Author: J. Hart

Hart, Joseph, was born in London in 1712. His early life is involved in obscurity. His education was fairly good; and from the testimony of his brother-in-law, and successor in the ministry in Jewin Street, the Rev. John Hughes, "his civil calling was" for some time "that of a teacher of the learned languages." His early life, according to his own Experience which he prefaced to his Hymns, was a curious mixture of loose conduct, serious conviction of sin, and endeavours after amendment of life, and not until Whitsuntide, 1757, did he realize a permanent change, which was brought about mainly through his attending divine service at the Moravian Chapel, in Fetter Lane, London, and hearing a sermon on Rev. iii. 10. During the next two years ma… Go to person page >

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