Text:Early Piety
Author:Dr. S. Stennett

DXVII. Early Piety

1 How soft the words my Savior speaks!
How kind the promises he makes!
A bruised reed he never breaks,
Now will he quench the smoking flax.

2 The humble poor he won't despise,
Nor on the contrite sinner frown;
His ear is open to their cries,
He quickly sends salvation down.

3 When piety in early minds,
Like tender buds, begins to shoot,
He guards the plants from threatening winds
And ripens blossoms into fruit.

4 With humble souls he bears a part
In all the sorrows they endure;
Tender and gracious is his heart,
His promise is for ever sure.

5 He sees the struggles that prevail
Between the powers of grace and sin:
He kindly listens while they tell
The bitter pangs they fell within.

6 Tho' press'd with fears on ev'ry side,
They know not how the strife may end;
Yet he will soon the cause decide,
And judgment unto vict'ry send.

Text Information
First Line: How soft the words my Savior speaks!
Title: Early Piety
Author: Dr. S. Stennett
Meter: L. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1792
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Topic: Times and Seasons: Youth; Youth encouraged to seek the Lord
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