Poor sinners! little do they think

The words

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   Stanza 1. Poor sinners! little do they thinkWith whom they have to do!But stand securely on the brinkOf everlasting woe.

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   Stanza 2. Belshazzar thus, profanely bold,The Lord of hosts defied;But vengeance soon his boasts controlled,And humbled all his pride.

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   Stanza 3. He saw a hand upon the wall(And trembled on his throne)Which wrote his sudden dreadful fallIn characters unknown.

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   Stanza 4. Why should he tremble at the viewOf what he could not read?Foreboding conscience quickly knewHis ruin was decreed.

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   Stanza 5. See him o’erwhelmed with deep distress!His eyes with anguish roll;His looks, and loosened joints, expressThe terrors of his soul.

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   Stanza 6. His pomp and music, guests and wine,No more delight afford;O sinner, ere this case be thine,Begin to seek the LORD.

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   Stanza 7. The law like this hand–writing stands,And speaks the wrath of God;But JESUS answers its demands,And cancels it with blood.

Olney Hymns (1779), Book 1, Hymn 74. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/1-74