Can Guilty Man Indeed Believe

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Can Guilty Man Indeed Believe

MIGDOL-Lowell Mason

Can Guilty Man, Indeed Believe
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Can guilty man, indeed believe
That he, who made and knows the heart,
Shall not the oppressor's crimes perceive,
Nor take his injured servant's part?

Shall he who, with transcendent skill,
Fashioned the eye and formed the ear;
Who modeled nature to his will,
Shall he not see? Shall he not hear?

Shall he, who framed the human mind,
And bade its kindling spark to glow,
Who all its varied powers combined,
O mortal, say-shall he not know?

Vain hope! his eye at once surveys
Whatever fills creation's space;
He sees our thoughts, and marks our ways,
He knows no bounds of time and place.

Surrounded by his saints, the Lord
Shall armed with holy vengeance come;
To each his final lot award,
And seal the sinner's fearful doom.