Then return for me!
January 18, 1841.
WHOM THE LORD LOVETH, HE CHASTENETH.
My Father chastens whom he loves;
O! then, he loves me tenderly;
Oft in the fire my heart he proves,
As oft I know the reason why.
For I am full of earthly love;
I idolize the gifts of Heaven;
And then my Father, from above,