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NO SIN IN HEAVEN

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 26, 1861

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 17, No. 19.

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NO SIN IN HEAVEN.

By S. E. Lindsley

HERE in a world of sin I pine, By fierce temptations oft beset; Earth has no healing balm I find, To soothe my guilty heart. But yet This one thought always comforts me, No sin in heaven will ever be.
When e'er I turn mine eyes within, And try to scrutinize my acts; Little I find but guilt and sin; Of Christian graces much there lacks: Then sure this thought should comfort me, No sin in heaven will ever be.
O come dear Saviour cleanse my heart, From all that's sinful in thy sight; With thee I long to have a part, In all thy glory fair and bright: And this thought always comforts me, No sin in heaven will ever be.
And if abroad I seek to find Those who obey thy laws of love,— True humble ones of lowly mind, Who seek the wisdom from above: Lo! everywhere doth sin abound, Only in heaven no sin is found.
Yet thou hast said the pure in heart ('Tis those who keep thy holy word), Alone shall see thee as thou art, And evermore thy love record: O help us then from sin to flee, And from it be forever free. S. E. Lindsley. New Haven, N. Y.