241    C.M.     J. Hart
“Godly sorrow worketh repentance.” 2 Cor. 7. 10

1 Repentance is a gift bestowed
  To save a soul from death;
  Gospel repentance towards God
  Is always joined to faith.

2 Not for an hour, or day, or week,
  Do saints repentance own;
  But all the time the Lord they seek,
  At sin they grieve and groan.

3 [Nor is it such a dismal thing
  As ’tis by some men named;
  A sinner may repent and sing,
  Rejoice and be ashamed.]

4 ’Tis not the fear of hell alone,
  For that may prove extreme;
  Repenting saints the Saviour own
  And grieve for grieving him.

5 If penitence be quite left out,
  Religion is but halt;
  And hope, though e’er so clear of doubt,
  Like offerings without salt.