There is a time, we know not when,
\nA point we know not where,
\nThat marks the destiny of men
\nTo glory or despair.<\/p>\n
There is a line by us unseen,
\nThat crosses every path;
\nThe hidden boundary between
\nGod\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s patience and his wrath.<\/p>\n
To pass that limit is to die\u00e2\u20ac\u201c
\nTo die as if by stealth;
\nIt does not quench the beaming eye
\nOr pale the glow of health.<\/p>\n
The conscience may be still at ease,
\nThe spirit lithe and gay;
\nThat which pleases still may please,
\nAnd care be thrust away.<\/p>\n
But on that forehead God has set,
\nIndelibly a mark
\nUnseen by men, for men as yet
\nAre blind and in the dark.<\/p>\n
And yet doomed man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s path below
\nMay bloom as Eden bloomed;
\nHe did not, does not, will not know,
\nOr feel that he is doomed.<\/p>\n
He knows, he feels that all is well,
\nAnd every fear is calmed;
\nHe lives, he dies, he wakes in hell,
\nNot only doomed, but damned.<\/p>\n
Oh, where is this mysterious bourn
\nBy which our path is crossed;
\nBeyond which God himself hath sworn,
\nThat he who goes is lost.<\/p>\n
How far may we go on in sin?
\nHow long will God forbear?
\nWhere does hope end, and where begin
\nThe confines of despair?<\/p>\n
An answer from the skies is sent,
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ye that from God depart,
\nWhile it is called today, repent,
\nAnd harden not your heart.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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