English poem
The fatal Consequences of forsaking the Hope of Israel. Jerem. xvii. 13, 14
by Philip Doddridge (1773–1832)
Great Object of thine Israel's Hope, Its Saviour, and its Praise, Attend, while we to thee devote The Remnant of our Days.
How wretched they that leave the LORD, And from his Word withdraw, That lose his Gospel from their Sight, And wander from his Law!
O thou eternal Spring of Good, Whence living Waters flow, Let not our thirsty erring Souls To broken Cisterns go.
Like Characters inscrib'd in Dust Are Sinners borne away; And all the Treasures, they can boast, The Portion of a Day.
But, LORD, to Thee my Heart shall turn To heal it, and to save; The Joys, that from thy Favour flow, Shall bloom beyond the Grave.
More by Philip Doddridge
- The evil Conscience purified by the Blood of JESUS. Heb. ix. 13, 14
- The Excellency of the Righteous, with Regard to their Relations, Employments, Pleasures, and Hopes…
- The Excellency of the Righteous, with Regard to their Temper. Prov. xii. 26. Part 1st
- The Faith of the Syrophenician Woman recommended. Matthew xv. 26, 27
- The final Sentence, and Happiness of the Righteous. Matt. xxv. 34
- The final Sentence, and Misery of the Wicked. Matt. xxv. 41
- The Fountain of Life. Zech. xiii. 1
- The Frailty of human Nature, and GOD'S gracious Regard to it. Psalm ciii. 14