104. The Wages of Sin

O what are the wages of sin,
The end of the race we have run?
\Iq have slaved for the master we chose,
And what is the prize W(i have won?

\Ye gave away all things for him,
And in truth it was much that was given,-
The love of the angels and saints,
And the chance of our getting to heaven.

We gave away Jesus and God,
We gave away Mary and grace.
Prayer and Confession and Mass;
And now we have finished the race.

We are worn out and weary with sin;
Its ])leasures are poor at the best;
For what we remember, not worth
Hall an hour ol a conscience at rest.

For sin in the hand is not like
The bright thing it looked to the eye;
Its taste is still worse than its touch;
Yet we swallow the poison and die.

Oh fools that we were! can we now
Break ofi the bad bargain we made?
And is there a way to get back
The rash price we already have paid?

Oh yes! we have got but to send
One word or one sigh up to heaven!
The mischief will all be undone,
And the past be completely forgiven.

Jesus is just what He was.
On the Cross, as we lefl Him before,
AH gentleness, mercy, and love,
Nay, His love and His merc^ look more.

We will back with our hearts in our hands,
For the heart is His one only fee:
Forgive up, dear Jesus, forgive,
All we want is foro-iveness from Thee.