# Secret Sin

Language: en  
Author: \~Author unknown  
Original issue: The Heartbeat of The Remnant, January/February 2011, Number 1  
Source pages: 32  
Read article: <https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/poetry/secret-sin/>
Original PDF: 2011\-01\-Remnant\.pdf
[The Heartbeat of The Remnant, January/February 2011](<https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/issues/heartbeat-remnant-2011-01/>)

I let a little sinful thought  
 Dwell in my heart one day\.  
 I meant to play with it awhile  
 And then send it away\.

Of course I kept it hidden well  
 So none would ever know  
 That I had entertained a guest  
 Of character so low\.

But do you know, that little thing  
 Just grew and grew until  
 It crowded out the good and true  
 And overcame my will\.

No longer could I keep it hid  
 Nor could I bid it go;  
 Who would have thought that little thing  
 Could cause such bitter woe?

I had to take it to the cross,  
 To plead the Savior’s blood;  
 And then at last my weary soul  
 Regained its peace with God\.

O watch the “little things,” dear child\.  
 Like seeds they’re sure to grow,  
 Destroying true soul happiness—  
 How well, how well I know\!

\~Author unknown