22Apr/072
Sermon Notes April 22 2007
God's tenderness from us is often hid
Severe so seem his mercies beckoning
Our hearts to sweet repentance--sin to rid--
And reconciliation harkening
So Joseph hid affection brotherly
To bring his sinful clan on bended knee
No other course for men with hearts so hard
Than putting his own brother under guard
Demanding too beloved Benjamin
To test their conscious rife with ancient sin
No different ours before a God who knows
Our soul from birth so caringly he shows
Just what must break, that worldly thing so dear
That to his greater love we might draw near.