Religion
Isaiah 29:11: Proud learning boasts its skill in vain
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
Religion
Proud learning boasts its skill in vain
The sacred oracles to' explain.
It may the literal surface show,
But not the precious mine below;
The saving sense remains conceal'd,
Till by the Spirit of faith reveal'd,
The book is still unread, unknown.
And open'd by the Lamb alone.
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