Book III · Hymn 69 · True and False Comforts

William Cowper

True and false comforts.
O God, whose favorable eye
The sin-sick soul revives;
Holy and heav'nly is the joy
Thy shining presence gives.
Not such as hypocrites suppose,
Who with a graceless heart,
Taste not of thee, but drink a dose
Prepared by Satan's art.
Intoxicating joys are theirs,
Who while they boast their light,
And seem to soar above the stars,
Are plunging into night.
Lulled in a soft and fatal sleep,
They sin, and yet rejoice;
Were they indeed the Savior's sheep,
Would they not hear his voice?
Be mine the comforts, that reclaim
The soul from Satan's pow'r;
That make me blush for what I am,
And hate my sin the more.
'Tis joy enough, my All in All,
At thy dear feet to lie;
Thou wilt not let me lower fall,

And none can higher fly.