Verse 1
Millions go smoothly on
By lawful things undone,
Life’s most innocent affairs
Keep them fatally employ’d,
Pleasure, and bewitching cares
Make the world forget their God.
Verse 2
To earthly things they cleave,
The life of nature live,
Sleep in sin, till death oppress:
Judg’d, they then lift up their eyes,
Tost on ever-flaming seas,
Gnaw’d by guilt that never dies!
Verse 3
O that my life might be
Devoted all to Thee!
Lord, I would thy warning take,
Tremble at thy vengeful power,
Up to righteousness awake,
Stand in awe, and sin no more.
Verse 4
Preserve my conscience pure,
And give me faith t’ endure,
Humble hope, and love sincere:
Then I cannot dread surprize,
Glad to see thy judgments near,
Sure to meet thee in the skies.