Hymns - There Is a Period Known to God - Текст песни

There is a period known to God
When all his sheep redeemed by blood
Shall leave the hateful ways of sin
Trun to the fold, and enter in

At peace with hell, with God at war
In sin's dark maze they wander far
Indulge their lusts and still go on
As far from God as sheep can run

But see how heav'n's indulgent care
Attends their wand'rings here and there
Still near at hand, where'er they stray
With piercing thorns to hedge their way

When wisdom calls they stop their ear
And headlong urge the mad career
Judgments nor mercies ne'er can sway
Their roving feet to wisdom's way

Glory to God--they ne'er shall rove
Beyond the limits of his love;
Fenced with Jehovah's shalls and wills
Firm as the everlasting hills

Th' appointed time rolls on apace
Not to promise, but call by grace
To change the heart, renew the will
And turn their feet to Zion's hill