XLI + 

A Word in Season + 

O Lord! when sin’s close-marshall’d line + 

Assails Thy witness on his way, + 

How should he raise Thy glorious sign, + 

And how Thy will display? + 

Thy holy Paul, with soul of flame, + 

Rose on Mars’ hill, a soldier lone; + 

Shall I thus speak th’ Atoning Name, + 

Though with a heart of stone? + 

“Not so,” He said: “hush thee, and seek, + 

With thoughts in prayer and watchful eyes, + 

My seasons sent for thee to speak, + 

And use them as they rise.” + 