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CONVICTION AND CONVERSION.
4 Deep horror then my vitals froze,
Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem;
When suddenly a star arose,
It was the Star of Bethlehem.
5 It was my guide, my light, my all,
It bade my dark forebodings cease;
And through the storm and danger’s thrall
It led me to the port of peace.
6 Now safely moored my perils o’er,
I’ll sing first in night’s diadem,
For ever and fore evermore,
The star, the Star of Bethlehem I
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JPraise for conversion.
1 p'OME, ye that fear the Lord,
And listen while I tell
How narrowly my feet escaped
The snares of death and hell.
2 The flatt’ring joys of sense
Assailed my foolish heart,
While Satan with malicious skill,
Guided the pois’nous dart.
3 I fell beneath the stroke,
But fell to rise again ;
My anguish roused me into life,
And pleasure sprang from pain.
4 Darkness, and shame, and grief,
Oppressed my gloomy mind ;
I looked around me for relief,
But no relief could find.
5 At length to God I cried,
He heard my plaintive sign ;
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