<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=412705" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Hymn 23 part 2</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A hopeful youth falling short of heaven.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mark 10:21. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Must all the charms of nature, then,<br>So hopeless to salvation prove?<br>Can hell demand, can heav'n condemn,<br>The man whom Jesus deigns to love?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The man who sought the ways of truth,<br>Paid friends and neighbors all their due;<br>A modest, sober, lovely youth,<br>And thought he wanted nothing new.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But mark the change; thus spake the Lord-<br>&quot;Come, part with earth for heav'n today:&quot;<br>The youth, astonished at the word,<br>In silent sadness went his way.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Poor virtues that he boasted so,<br>This test unable to endure;<br>Let Christ, and grace, and glory go,<br>To make his land and money sure!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ah, foolish choice of treasures here!<br>Ah, fatal love of tempting gold!<br>Must this base world be bought so dear?<br>Are life and heav'n so cheaply sold?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In vain the charms of nature shine,<br>If this vile passion govern me:<br>Transform my soul, O love divine!<br>And make me part with all for thee.</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=412705" data-title="Hymn 23 part 2 de Isaac Watts" data-description="A hopeful youth falling short of heaven. Mark 10:21. Must all the charms of nature, then, So hopeless to salvation prove? Can hell demand, can heav'n condemn, The man whom Jesus deigns to love? The man who sought the ways of truth, Paid friend..."></div> </div> </div>

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