76    L.M.     J. Kent
Effectual Calling. Ps. 102. 13; 110. 3; Ezek. 34. 11-16

1 There is a period known to God
  When all his sheep, redeemed by blood,
  Shall leave the hateful ways of sin,
  Turn to the fold, and enter in.

2 At peace with hell, with God at war,
  In sin’s dark maze they wander far,
  Indulge their lust, and still go on
  As far from God as sheep can run.

3 But see how heaven’s indulgent care
  Attends their wanderings here and there;
  Still hard at heel, where’er they stray,
  With pricking thorns to hedge their way.

4 [When wisdom calls, they stop their ear,
  And headlong urge the mad career;
  Judgments nor mercies e’er can sway
  Their roving feet to wisdom’s way.]

5 Glory to God, they ne’er shall rove
  Beyond the limits of his love;
  Fenced with Jehovah’s shalls and wills,
  Firm as the everlasting hills.

6 The appointed time rolls on apace,
  Not to propose but call by grace;
  To change the heart, renew the will,
  And turn the feet to Zion’s hill.