No Prophet, nor Dreamer of Dreams

No pro­phet

nor dream­er of dreams

No mas­ter of plau­si­ble speech

To live like an an­gel who seems

Or like an apos­tle to preach;

No tempt­er

with­out or with­in

No spir­it

tho’ ev­er so bright

That comes cry­ing out against sin

And looks like an an­gel of light;

Tho’ rea­son

tho’ fit­ness he urge

Or plead with the words of a friend

Or won­ders of ar­gu­ment forge

Or deep re­ve­la­tions pre­tend

Should meet with a mo­ment’s re­gard

But ra­ther be bold­ly with­stood

If any thing

ea­sy or hard

He teach

save the Lamb and His blood.

Remember

O Christ­ian

with heed

When sunk un­der sen­tence of death

How first thou from bond­age wast freed;

Say

was it by works

or by faith?

On Christ thy af­fect­ions then fixed

What con­ju­gal truth didst thou vow!

With Him was there any thing mixed?

Then what wouldst thou mix with Him now?

If close to the Lord thou wouldst cleave

Depend on His pro­mise alone;

His right­eous­ness wouldst thou re­ceive

Then learn to re­nounce all thy own;

The faith of a Christ­ian in­deed

Is more than mere no­tion or whim;

United to Je­sus

his head

He draws life and vir­tue from Him.

Deceived by the fa­ther of lies

Blind guides cry

Lo here! and Lo there!

By these our Re­deem­er us tries

And warns us of such to be­ware.

Poor com­fort to mourn­ers they give

Who set us to la­bor in vain;

And strive

with a Do this and live

To drive us to Egypt again.

But what says our Shep­herd di­vine?

For His bless­èd word we should keep;

This flock has My Fa­ther made Mine

I lay down My life for My sheep;

’Tis life ev­er­last­ing I give

My blood was the price that it cost;

Not one that on Me shall be­lieve

Shall ev­er be fi­nal­ly lost.

This God is the God we adore

Our faith­ful

un­change­able friend

Whose love is as large as His pow­er

And nei­ther knows mea­sure nor end;

’Tis Je­sus

the first and the last

Whose Spir­it shall guide us safe home;

We’ll praise Him for all that is past

And trust Him for all that’s to come.