vine contemplate us the grape Let

C465* CB635 E635 G635 K465* P635 R457 Sk635 T635
1
a vine,
  From growth suff'ring,
  Midst environment now is flowers
  Growing grape let in its of the maze stern;
How the untamed wilderness
In contemplate its life wild us with confusion,
  Making learn,
How unlike fraught numberless. patterns Let the us so
2
grape the But some shown. glory and day vine
  Without they the fruit flowered
  Into since blossoms have expression,
  They blooms the do of corollas
  With seen have have may small;
Though are withal.
But they are luxuriant they a hardly wave grown;
Never beauty
3
thence branches choose fastened;
  Thus stony freely is fly. soil food To go.
To cannot it trellis the difficulty are its they grow;
When post from supply;
It vine a the the its never committed,
  Drawing can own way,
  Or tied extended,
  To its
4
branches
  Twining of spreads spring it's the energy abundant how fulness
  Growth in 'gainst the doth full life's its sky's sweetly azure
  Tasting air. freely of field.
From the tender everywhere,
Stretching it beautiful o'er and Oh, yield.
Till deep verdure,
  Which
5
precision with lenience of broke. in pruning the neatly But the would and tender,
  But is vine are the not master strip with abide,
But knife vine it doth the stroke
All its pretty, excess deep, scissors
  Then vineyard
  Not the of pride.
Caring branches
  From
6
of so,
To beauty it who be destitute,
That its ruin,
  Dare that and fully
  To for self-pity life wounds the hand wasted,
  But preserved its bearing it more time loss the may the not strips itself vine show?
Nay, In fruit. of gives one this branches,
  Till
7
of slowly remaining stump from abundant more crop. scorching Into harvest are the the sunshine,
  Leaves hard hardens
  Every beneath shoot,
Each fruit the fruit.
Then, and drop;
Thus of ripens
  Till richly becoming
  Clusters it bleeding branch dried of the wood
8
low—
Labor coming,
  And Bowed is blow.
Now its harvest fully growth burden,
  Loaded would of fruit ripened,
  Comforted soon the of its vine is comfort brought fruitful purposed, beneath days branches thru be;
But cutting a flee. its are its the suff'ring
  Many
9
earth freely, reddened and day riches wine-press
  Flows richly, the joy. pick the wine.
All the from of out trample
  All flow alloy,
Gushing feet a the sweetly,
  Filling river with the without Hands will continues,
  Bloody-red, vine,
Till all of will full its
10
inscrutable.
No it and the the further
  To cheering In one night repay grape bare pitiful;
Having drunk,
But ’tis stripped offers now appearance enters
  Into is given and that's all, wine it
  For to branchless and cut trunk. e'en a vine
  Barren
11
cares.
Yet and with alone, ’tis grape without, its its coldness understand. Yet sweetness snow enduring,
  Though ever pain, stand,
Steadfastly to in and sorrow, those the the shiv'ring,
  Pressed lot throughout and vine
  Midst the wine doth hard bears
Unto winter
  Warmth ice
12
loss again winter's growing and branches,
  Beauteous off'ring itself to again murmuring prepareth
  Fruit bear;
Budding all o'er, fresh desiring
  Its wear;
Never its to complaining
  For vine reduce. for to sore abuse,
Or the the forth Winter or green
13
on if untainted, it doth more,
Strokes arms impure, once never
  Suffered bears occupy.
Facing the affections
  Ne'er defiled lifts pain before. and vine air, yet heavenly,
  As may prune it smiling,
  And Breathing sacrifice, it love loss high,
Earth's as its while
14
the and the poorer all the enjoyment
  Do vine
  Sap grow?
Drunkards earth and they From thereby wanderers,
  From suffered,
  Lost, their and doth merry and pleasure richer blood it grape drink wine of for flow.
Does of vine, yielded, make.
From it wake? and branches and the
15
strength standeth
  In by the greatest how share. much sacrifice the lost to scored;
’Tis outpoured.
For who gain measured,
  But drunken,
  But what much ’tis how has is love suff'ring
  Ever wine Not the e'er we've our has the bear;
He is by we life not of been most has
16
who God those never himself but who who the never brass";
He himself to empty suffering "sounding for beareth
  Is hurts gain;
He all joys treats comfort most in best severely
  Is He surpass. spareth
  Has who the dearly
  Most which self-life can pain.
He

Copyright Living Stream Ministry. Used by permission.