Sin's Deceit, a hymn by John Newton: Saw the bait, but not the hook

Often thus, through sin’s deceit,
Grief, and shame, and loss I meet,
Like a fish, my soul mistook,
Saw the bait, but not the hook.

After I posted an article on the deceitfulness of sin, by Eugene Adkins, on Bulletin Digest, through a search I found this, above. Click to read the whole hymn. Oh, the article:

http://bulletin-digest.com/2011/10/12/land-of-spoiled-milk-venom/