Poor Esau Repented Too Late
VERSE 1
Poor
Esau repented too late
That
once he his birth-right despised;
And
sold, for a morsel of meat,
What
could not too highly be prized:
How
great was his anguish when told,
The
blessing he sought to obtain,
Was gone
with the birth-right he sold,
And none
could recall it again!
VERSE 2
He
stands as a warning to all,
Wherever
the Gospel shall come;
O hasten
and yield to the call,
While
yet for repentance there’s room!
Your
season will quickly be past,
Then
hear and obey it today;
Lest
when you seek mercy at last,
The
Savior should frown you away.
VERSE 3
What is
it the world can propose?
A morsel
of meat at the best!
For this
are you willing to lose
A share
in the joys of the blest?
Its
pleasures will speedily end,
Its
favor and praise are but breath;
And what
can its profits befriend
Your
soul in the moment of death?
VERSE 4
If Jesus
for these you despise,
And sin
to the Savior prefer;
In vain
your entreaties and cries,
When
summoned to stand at His bar:
How will
you His presence abide?
What
anguish will torture your heart?
The
saints all enthroned by His side,
And you
be compelled to depart.
VERSE 5
Too
often, dear Savior, have I
Preferred
some poor trifle to Thee;
How is
it Thou dost not deny
The
blessing and birth-right to me?
No
better than Esau I am,
Though
pardon and Heaven be mine;
To me
belongs nothing but shame,
The
praise and the glory be Thine.
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