CAN guilty man, indeed, believe

CAN guilty man, indeed, believe That He, who made and knows the heart, Shall not the oppressor's crimes perceive, Nor take His injured servants' part?

Shall He who, with transcendent skill, Fashion'd the eye and form'd the ear; Who modell'd nature to His will, Shall He not see? Shall He not hear?

Shall He, who framed the human mind, And bade its kindling spark to glow, Who all its varied powers combined, Oh, mortal, sayshall He not know?

Vain hope I His eye at once surveys Whatever fills creation's space; He sees our thoughts, and marks our ways, He knows no bounds of time and place.

Surrounded by His saints, the Lord Shall arm'd with holy vengeance come; To each his final lot award, And seal the sinner's fearful doom.