106 FALLING SH,QILT OP HEAVEN. HYMN FOR SERMON VII. ?£ Hopeful Youth falling short of Heaven. MUST all the charmsof nature then, -sohopeless to salvation prove? Can hell demand, can heaven condemn The manwhom Jesds deigns to love? The man, who sought the ways oftruth, Paid friends and neighbours all their due A modest, sober, lovely youth, And thought he wanted nothing now ? Rut markthe change: thus spoke theLord Come partwith earth for heaven to-day : The youth astonishedat the word, In silent sadness went his way. Poor virtues, that be boasted so, Thistest unable to endure, Let Christ, andgrace, and glory go, To make his land and money sure ! Ah foolish choice of treasures here ! Ah fatal love of tempting gold ! Must this baseworld be boughtso dear! And life and heaven so cheaply sold ? In vain the charms of nature shine, If this vile passion governs me: Transform my soul, O love divine ! And make me part with all for thee.
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