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Whence has the world her magic power

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Whence has the world her magic power?

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #700 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 Whence has the world her magic power? Why deem we death a foe? Recoil from weary life's best hour, And covet longer wo? 2 The cause is conscience--conscience oft Her tale of guilt renews; Her voice is terrible, though soft, And dread of death ensues. 3 Then anxious to be longer spar'd, Man mourns his fleeting breath; All evils then seem light, compar'd With the approach of death. 4 'Tis judgment shakes him--there's the fear That prompts the wish to stay: He has incurr'd a long arrear, And must despair to pay. 5 Pay!--follow Christ, and all is paid; His death your peace ensures; Think on the grave where he was laid, And calm descend to ours. Topics: Death; The Sting of Death is Sin