Acts 13:44: The next Sabbath day came almost the, &c

Led by the word's attractive power,
The souls who once therewith are fed,
Eagerly seek and covet more
As hungering for their daily bread;
But only God their zeal can bless,
And make it saving eagerness.

This fervency of good desire
How soon it cools and dies away,
These sparks of grace in smoke expire
When men perverse the truth gainsay;
They outrage then their gospel friends,
And love in persecution ends.