GENESIS 3:7, 8, AND 21. GEN 3:7-21
When Eve and Adam fell,
And brought about the curse,
Deluded by the Serpent's spell,
They went from bad to worse.
No longer pure within,
Their nakedness they knew,
And tried to cover o'er their sin,
And hide themselves from view.
But GOD, who knows and sees,
And every action tries,
Knew they had hid among the trees,
And saw through their disguise.
But, oh I He loves to bless;
So, though they shunn'd His face,
He sought them out in their distress,
And cover'd their disgrace.
As then, so sinners still,
Would hide their sin and shame;
“The purpose, heart, pursuit and will,
Of man remain the same.
The Serpent still deceives,
And by his art misleads;
While unbelief contrives and weaves
A dress of human deeds.
A thousand vain pursuits
Engage the sinner's mind;
He seeks for nature's choicest fruit,
Or pleasures less refined.
The grace of GOD he'll use
To hide the GOD of grace;
His tender mercies e'er abuse,
And flee before His face.
Yet GOD, in grace and love,
Forgives as He forgave,
And visits sinners from above,
Their guilty souls to save.
He strips them of the dress
Of deeds which they have done,
To clothe them with His righteousness,
And hide them in His Son.
How great the grace of GOD,
His only SON to give,
That He for us might shed His blood,
And die that we might live!
Sinners He loves to bless,
And seeks to hide their shame;
Oh, then, accept His righteousness;
Take refuge in the LAMB!
W. T.