<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=412684" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Hymn 161</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Christian virtues; or, The difficulty of conversion.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Strait is the way, the door is strait,<br>That leads to joys on high;<br>'Tis but a few that find the gate,<br>While crowds mistake, and die.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Beloved self must be denied,<br>The mind and will renewed<br>Passion suppressed, and patience tried,<br>And vain desires subdued.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Flesh is a dangerous foe to grace,<br>Where it prevails and rules;<br>Flesh must be humbled, pride abased,<br>Lest they destroy our souls.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The love of gold be banished hence,<br>That vile idolatry,<br>And every member, every sense,<br>in sweet subjection lie.]</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The tongue, that most unruly power,<br>Requires a strong restraint;<br>We must be watchful every hour,<br>And pray, but never faint.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lord, can a feeble, helpless worm<br>Fulfil a task so hard?<br>Thy grace must all my work perform,<br>And give the free reward.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Isaac+Watts">Isaac Watts</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=412684" data-title="Hymn 161 de Isaac Watts" data-description="Christian virtues; or, The difficulty of conversion. Strait is the way, the door is strait, That leads to joys on high; 'Tis but a few that find the gate, While crowds mistake, and die. Beloved self must be denied, The mind and will renewed Pass..."></div> </div> </div>

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