Hymns, Selected and Original ‎#581

581. Though in the earthly church below

1 Though in the earthly church below
The wheat and tares together grow,
Jesus ere long will weed the crop,
And pluck the tares in anger up.

2 Will it relieve their horrors there,
To recollect their stations here?
How much they heard, how much they knew,
How long among the wheat they grew?

3 Oh! this will aggravate their case!
They perish under means of grace:
To them the word of life and faith
Became an instrument of death.

4 We seem alike when thus we meet,--
Strangers might think we all were wheat;
But to the Lord's all-searching eyes,
Each heart appears without disguise.

5 But tho' they grow so tall and strong,
His plan will not require them long;
In harvest when he saves his own,
The tares shall into hell be thrown.

Text Information

• First Line: Though in the earthly church below
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1828
• Scripture:
  Matthew 13:37
• Topic: Kingdom and Church of Christ: State of Decline; Wheat and tares

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