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Pleasure
Resources
- J. I. Packer, Hot Tub Religion, (Living Books, Tyndale House Publ., Inc., Wheaton: 1987), pp. 59ff
- J. I. Packer, Hot Tub Religion, (Living Books, Tyndale House Publ., Inc., 1987), pp. 68ff
- God Came Near, Max Lucado, Multnomah Press, 1987, p. 95
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Vanity of the World
God gives His mercies to be spent;
Your hoard will do your soul no good;
Gold is a blessing only lent,
Repaid by giving others food.
The world’s esteem is but a bribe,
To buy their peace you sell your own;
The slave of a vainglorious tribe,
Who hate you while they make you known.
The joy that vain amusements give,
Oh! sad conclusion that it brings!
The honey of a crowded hive,
Defended by a thousand stings.
‘Tis thus the world rewards the fools
That live upon her treacherous smiles:
She leads them blindfold by her rules,
And ruins all whom she beguiles.
God knows the thousands who go down
From pleasure into endless woe;
And with a long despairing groan
Blaspheme their Maker as they go.
Oh fearful thought! be timely wise;
Delight but in a Saviour’s charms,
And God shall take you to the skies,
Embraced in everlasting arms.
Olney Hymns, William Cowper, from Cowper’s Poems, Sheldon & Company, New York
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