871    C.M.     J. Hart
Chastisement. Ps. 94. 12; Heb. 12. 5-11

1 Happy the man that bears the stroke
  Of his chastising God;
  Nor stubbornly rejects the yoke,
  Nor faints beneath his rod.

2 They who the Lord’s correction share
  Have favour in his eyes;
  As kindest fathers will not spare
  Their children to chastise.

3 Thy Lord for nothing would not chide;
  Thou highly should’st esteem
  The cross that’s sent to purge thy pride,
  And make thee more like him.

4 For this correction render praise;
  ’Tis given thee for thy good.
  The lash is steeped he on thee lays,
  And softened in his blood.

5 [Know, whom the Saviour favours much,
  Their faults he oft reproves;
  He takes peculiar care of such,
  And chastens whom he loves.]

6 Then kiss the rod; thy sins confess;
  It shall a blessing prove;
  And yield the fruits of righteousness –
  Humility and love.