INVITATIONS.

INVITATIONS.276L. M. peculiar.Haste thee; escape thither.Gen. 19:22.Haste, traveler, haste! the night comes on,And many a shining hour is gone;The storm is gathering in the west,And thou art far from home and rest:Haste, traveler, haste!2Awake, awake! pursue thy wayWith steady course, while yet ’tis day;While thou art sleeping on the ground,Danger and darkness gather round;Haste, traveler, haste!3The rising tempest sweeps the sky;The rains descend, the winds are high;The waters swell, and death and fearBeset thy path; no refuge near:Haste, traveler, haste!4Haste, while a shelter you may gain—A covert from the wind and rain;A hiding-place, a rest, a home—A refuge from the wrath to come:Haste, traveler, haste!5Then linger not in all the plain;Flee for thy life—the mountain gain;Look not behind, make no delay;O, speed thee, speed thee on thy way!Haste, traveler, haste!Collyer.277L. M.The night cometh.John 9:4.While life prolongs its precious light,Mercy is found, and peace is given;But soon, ah! soon, approaching nightShall blot out every hope of heaven.2While God invites, how blest the day!How sweet the gospel’s charming sound!Come, sinners, haste, O haste away,While yet a pardoning God is found.3Soon, borne on time’s most rapid wing,Shall death command you to the grave,Before his bar your spirits bring,And none be found to hear or save.4In that lone land of deep despair,No Sabbath’s heavenly light shall rise;No God regard your bitter prayer,Nor Saviour call you to the skies.5Now God invites, how blest the day!How sweet the gospel’s charming sound!Come, sinners, haste, O haste away,While yet a pardoning God is found.Dwight.278L. M.Come unto me.Matt. 11:28.With tearful eyes I look around;Life seems a dark and stormy sea;Yet midst the gloom I hear a sound,A heavenly whisper, Come to me!2It tells me of a place of rest;It tells me where my soul may flee:O! to the weary, faint, opprest,How sweet the bidding, Come to me!3Come, for all else must fail and die;Earth is no resting-place for thee;To heaven direct thy weeping eye;I am thy portion; Come to me!4O voice of mercy, voice of love!In conflict, grief, and agony,Support me, cheer me from above,And gently whisper, Come to me!279L. M.To-day, if you will hear his voice.Heb. 4:7.To-day, if you will hear his voice,Now is the time to make your choice;Say will you to Mount Zion go?Say, will you come to Christ or no?2Say, will you be for ever blest,And with this glorious Jesus rest?Will you be saved from guilt and pain?Will you with Christ for ever reign?3Make now your choice, and halt no more;He now is waiting for the poor:Say, now, poor souls, what will you do?Say, will you come to Christ or no?4Fathers and sons for ruin bound,Amidst the gospel’s joyful sound,Come, go with us, and seek to proveThe joys of Christ’s redeeming love.5Matrons and maids, we look to you;Are you resolved to perish, too?To rush in carnal pleasures on,And sink in flaming ruin down?6Once more we ask you in his name,(We know his love remains the same),Say, will you to Mount Zion go?Say, will you come to Christ or no?Miller.280L. M.An evening expostulation.O, do not let the word depart,And close thine eye against the light;Poor sinner, harden not thy heart;Thou wouldst be saved; why not to-night?2To-morrow’s sun may never riseTo bless thy long deluded sight;This is the time; O, then be wise!Thou wouldst be saved; why not to-night?3Our God in pity lingers still;And wilt thou thus his love requite?Renounce at length thy stubborn will;Thou wouldst be saved; why not to-night?4Our blesséd Lord refuses noneWho would to him their souls unite;Then be the work of grace begun:Thou wouldst be saved; why not to-night?281L. M.Inviting.Come, weary souls, with sin distressed,Come and accept the promised rest;The Saviour’s gracious call obey,And cast your gloomy fears away.2Oppressed with guilt, a heavy load,O! come and bow before your God;Divine compassion, mighty love,Will all the painful load remove.3Here mercy’s boundless ocean flowsTo cleanse your guilt and heal your woes;Pardon, and life, and endless peace—How rich the gift, how free the grace!4Lord, we accept with thankful heartThe hope thy gracious words impart:We come with trembling, yet rejoice,And bless thy kind inviting voice.Mrs. Steele.282L. M.One thing needful.Why will ye waste on trifling caresThat life which God’s compassion spares;While, in the various range of thought,The one thing needful is forgot?2Shall God invite you from above?Shall Jesus urge his dying love?Shall troubled conscience give you pain?And all these pleas unite in vain?3Not so your eyes will always viewThose objects which you now pursue:Not so will heaven and hell appearWhen death’s decisive hour is near.4Almighty God! thy power impart;Fix deep conviction on each heart;Nor let us waste on trifling caresThat life which thy compassion spares.Doddridge.283L. M.The broad and the narrow way.Matt. 7:13, 14.Broad is the road that leads to death;And thousands walk together there;But wisdom shows a narrow path,With here and there a traveler.2“Deny thyself, and take thy cross,”Is the Redeemer’s great command;Nature must count her gold but dross,If she would gain this heavenly land.3The fearful soul that tires and faints,And walks the ways of God no more,Is but esteemed almost a saint,And makes his own destruction sure.4Lord, let my hopes be not in vain,Create my heart entirely new;This hypocrites could ne’er attain;This false apostates never knew.Watts.284L. M.Ecclesiastes 9:10.Life is the time to serve the Lord,The time t’ insure the great reward;And while the lamp holds out to burn,O hasten, sinner, to return!2Life is the hour that God has givenTo ’scape from hell and fly to heaven,The day of grace, when mortals maySecure the blessings of the day.3The living know that they must die,Beneath the clods their dust must lie;Then have no share in all that’s doneBeneath the circle of the sun.4Then what my thoughts design to do,My hands, with all your might pursue:Since no device nor work is found,Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground.5There are no acts of pardon passedIn the cold grave to which we haste;O may we all receive thy grace,And see with joy thy smiling face.Watts.285C. M.Come, for all things are now ready.Luke 14:17.Come, sinners, to the gospel feast;O, do no longer stay;Let every soul be Jesus’ guest,O, do no longer stay away!CHORUS.O, do no longer stay away,For now your Saviour calls,And the gospel sounds the jubilee;O, do no longer stay away.2Hark! ’tis the Saviour’s gracious call,The invitation is to all;Come, all the world—come, sinner, thou—All things in Christ are ready now.3Come, all you souls by sin oppressed,You weary wanderers after rest;You poor and maimed, and halt and blind,In Christ a hearty welcome find.4The message, as from God, receive—You all may come to Christ and live;O let his love your hearts constrain,Nor suffer him to call in vain.5This is the time—no more delay;The Saviour calls you all to-day:O may his call effectual prove!Accept the offers of his love!286C. M.Hear and your soul shall live.Isaiah 55:3.Let every mortal ear attend,And every heart rejoice;The trumpet of the gospel soundsWith an inviting voice:2Ho! all you hungry, starving souls,Who feed upon the wind,And vainly strive with earthly toysTo fill an empty mind.3Eternal wisdom has preparedA soul-reviving feast,And bids your longing appetitesThe rich provision taste.4Ho! you that pant for living streams,And pine away and die,Here may you quench your raging thirstWith springs that never dry.5Rivers of love and mercy hereIn a rich ocean join;Salvation in abundance flows,Like floods of milk and wine.6Great God! the treasures of thy loveAre everlasting mines,Deep as our helpless miseries are,And boundless as our sins.7The happy gates of gospel graceStand open night and day:Lord, we are come to seek supplies,And drive our wants away.Watts.287C. M.For there is no difference.Rom. 10:12.How free and boundless is the graceOf our redeeming God!Extending to the Greek and Jew,And men of every blood.2Come, all you wretched sinners, come,He’ll form your souls anew;His gospel and his heart have roomFor rebels such as you.3His doctrine is almighty love;There’s virtue in his nameTo turn a raven to a dove,A lion to a lamb.4Come, then, accept the offered grace,And make no more delay;His love will all your guilt efface,And soothe your fears away.Beddome.288C. M.Let him return unto the Lord.Isaiah 55:7.Return, O wanderer, now return,And seek thy Father’s face;Those new desires which in thee burnWere kindled by his grace.2Return, O wanderer, now return!He hears thy humble sigh!He sees thy softened spirit mourn,When no one else is nigh.3Return, O wanderer, now return!Thy Saviour bids thee live;Go to his feet, and grateful learnHow freely he’ll forgive.4Return, O wanderer, now return!And wipe the falling tear;Thy Father calls—no longer mourn,’Tis love invites thee near.Collyer.289C. M.Incline your ear, and come.Isaiah 55:3.The Saviour calls; let every earAttend the heavenly sound;Ye doubting souls, dismiss your fear;Hope smiles reviving round.2For every thirsty, longing heart,Here streams of bounty flow,And life, and health, and bliss impart,To banish mortal woe.3Ye sinners, come; ’tis mercy’s voice;That gracious voice obey;’Tis Jesus calls to heavenly joys;And can you yet delay?4Dear Saviour, draw reluctant hearts;To thee let sinners fly,And take the bliss thy love imparts,And drink, and never die.Mrs. Steele.290C. M.Let him that is athirst, come.Rev. 22:17.O what amazing words of graceAre in the gospel found,Suited to every sinner’s caseWho hears the joyful sound!2Come, then, with all your wants and woundsYour every burden bring;Here love, unchanging love, abounds—A deep celestial spring.3This spring with living water flows,And heavenly joy imparts;Come, thirsty souls! your wants disclose,And drink with thankful hearts.4Millions of sinners, vile as you,Have here found life and peace;Come then, and prove its virtues too,And drink, adore, and bless.Medley.291C. M.That whoso believeth might not perish.John 3:15.Come, humble sinner, in whose breastA thousand thoughts revolve;Come, with your guilt and fear oppressed,And make this last resolve:2I’ll go to Jesus, though my sinHas like a mountain rose;His kingdom now I’ll enter in,Whatever may oppose.3Humbly I’ll bow at his command,And there my guilt confess;I’ll own I am a wretch undone,Without his sovereign grace.4Surely he will accept my plea,For he has bid me come;Forthwith I’ll rise, and to him flee,For yet, he says, there’s room.5I can not perish if I go;I am resolved to try:For if I stay away, I knowI must for ever die.Jones.292C. M.Come to the Ark.Gen. 7:1.Come to the ark, come to the ark;To Jesus come away;The pestilence walks forth by night,The arrow flies by day.2Come to the ark; the waters rise,The seas their billows rear:While darkness gathers o’er the skies,Behold a refuge near!3Come to the ark, all, all that weepBeneath the sense of sin:Without, deep calleth unto deep,But all is peace within.4Come to the ark, ere yet the floodYour lingering steps oppose;Come, for the door, which open stood,Is now about to close.293C. M.He that cometh to me shall never hunger.John 6:35.Ye wretched, hungry, starving poor,Behold a royal feast,Where mercy spreads her bounteous storeFor every humble guest.2See, Jesus stands with open arms;He calls, he bids you come;Guilt holds you back, and fear alarms,But see, there yet is room,3Room in the Saviour’s bleeding heart;There love and pity meet:Nor will he bid the soul departThat trembles at his feet.4O come, and with his children tasteThe blessings of his love,While hope attends the sweet repastOf nobler joys above.5There, with united heart and voice,Before th’ eternal throne,Ten thousand thousand souls rejoiceIn ecstasies unknown.6And yet ten thousand thousand moreAre welcome still to come;Ye longing souls, the grace adore;Approach—there yet is room.Mrs. Steele.294C. M.In this mountain shall the Lord, etc.Isaiah 25:6.The King of heaven his table spreads,And dainties crown the board;Not paradise, with all its joys,Could such delights afford.2Pardon and peace to dying men,And endless life are given,Through the rich blood that Jesus shed,To raise our souls to heaven.3You hungry poor, that long have strayedIn sin’s dark mazes, come;Come from your most obscure retreat,And grace shall find you room.4Millions of souls in glory nowWere fed and feasted here;And millions more still on the wayAround the board appear.5Yet are his heart and house so largeThat millions more may come:Nor could the whole assembled worldO’erfill the spacious room.6All things are ready: come away,Nor weak excuses frame;Crowd to your places at the feast,And bless the Founder’s name.Doddridge.295C. M.None excluded.Jesus, thy blessings are not few,Nor is thy gospel weak;Thy grace can melt the stubborn Jew,And heal the dying Greek.2Wide as the reach of Satan’s rageDoth thy salvation flow;’Tis not confined to sex nor age,The lofty nor the low.3While grace is offered to the prince,The poor may take his share;No mortal has a just pretenseTo perish in despair.4Come, all ye wretched sinners, come,He’ll form your souls anew;His gospel and his heart have roomFor rebels such as you.5His doctrine is almighty love;There’s virtue in his nameTo turn the raven to a dove,The lion to a lamb.Watts.296C. M. peculiar.Draw nigh to God, etc.James 4:8.Return, O wanderer, to thy home,Thy Father calls for thee;No longer now an exile roam,In guilt and misery:Return, return!2Return, O wanderer, to thy home,’Tis Jesus calls for thee;The Spirit and the Bride say—come;O! now for refuge flee;Return, return!3Return, O wanderer, to thy home,’Tis madness to delay;There are no pardons in the tomb,And brief is mercy’s day:Return, return!T. Hastings.297S. M.Now is the accepted time.2 Cor. 6:2.Now is th’ accepted time,Now is the day of grace;Now, sinners, come, without delay,And seek the Saviour’s face.2Now is th’ accepted time,The Saviour calls to-day;To-morrow it may be too late—Then why should you delay?3Now is th’ accepted time,The gospel bids you come;And every promise in his wordDeclares there yet is room.Dobel.298S. M.Now is the day of salvation.2 Cor. 6:2.Now is the day of grace;Now to the Saviour come;The Lord is calling, “Seek my face,And I will guide you home.”2The Father bids you speed;O, wherefore then delay?He calls in love; he sees your need;He bids you come to-day.3To-day the prize is won;The promise is to save;Then, O, be wise; to-morrow’s sunMay shine upon your grave.299S. M.Give me thy heart.Prov. 23:26.Give to the Lord thine heart;In him all pleasures meet:O, come and choose the better part,Low at the Saviour’s feet.2Hear, and your soul shall live;His peace shall be your stay—Peace, which the world can never give,Can never take away.300S. M.Where shall the ungodly, etc.1 Pet. 4:18.And will the Judge descend?And must the dead arise?And not a single soul escapeHis all-discerning eyes?2How will my heart endureThe terrors of that day,When earth and heaven before his face,Astonished, shrink away?3But ere the trumpet shakesThe mansions of the dead;Hark! from the Gospel’s cheering sound,What joyful tidings spread.4Ye sinners! seek his grace,Whose wrath you can not bear;Flee to the shelter of his cross,And find salvation there.5Come! take his offers now,From every sin depart,Perform thy oft-repeated vow,And render him thy heart.6Repent! return! receiveThe grace through Jesus given;Sure, if with God on earth we live,We live with God in heaven.Doddridge.301S. M.The gospel call.Ye trembling captives! hear;The gospel-trumpet sounds;No music more can charm the ear,Or heal your heart-felt wounds.2’Tis not the trump of war,Nor Sinai’s awful roar;Salvation’s news it spreads afar,And vengeance is no more.3Forgiveness, love, and peace,Glad heaven aloud proclaims;And earth, the jubilee’s release,With eager rapture claims.4Far, far to distant landsThe saving news shall spread;And Jesus all his willing bandsIn glorious triumph lead.Pratt’s Coll.302S. M.Boast not thyself of to-morrow.Prov. 27:1.To-morrow, Lord! is thine,Lodged in thy sovereign hand;And if its sun arise and shine,It shines by thy command.2The present moment flies,And bears our life away;O, make thy servants truly wise,That they may live to-day.3Since on this fleeting hourEternity is hung,Awake, by thine almighty power,The agéd and the young.4One thing demands our care;O, be it still pursued!Lest, slighted once, the season fairShould never be renewed.5To Jesus may we fly,Swift as the morning light,Lest life’s young, golden beams should dieIn sudden, endless night.Doddridge.3037s, 6 lines.Come and welcome.From the cross, uplifted high,Where the Saviour deigns to die,What melodious sounds we hear,Bursting on the ravished ear!“Love’s redeeming work is done;Come and welcome, sinner, come.2“Sprinkled now with blood the throne,Why beneath thy burdens groan?On my piercéd body laid,Justice owns the ransom paid;Bow the knee, embrace the Son;Come and welcome, sinner, come.3“Spread for thee the festal board,See with richest dainties stored;To thy Father’s bosom pressed,Yet again a child confessed,Never from his house to roam—Come and welcome, sinner, come.4“Soon the days of life shall end;Lo! I come, your Saviour, Friend,Safe your spirits to conveyTo the realms of endless day,Up to my eternal home;Come and welcome, sinner, come.”Haweis.3047s.Turn ye; for why will ye die?Ezekiel 18:31.Sinners, turn—why will you die?God, your Maker, asks you why:God, who did your being give,Made you with himself to live.2Sinners, turn—why will you die?Christ, your Saviour, asks you why;He, who did your souls retrieve,He, who died that you might live.3Will you let him die in vain?Crucify your Lord again?Why, you ransomed sinners, why,Will you slight his grace and die?4Will you not his grace receive?Will you still refuse to live?O! you dying sinners, why—Why will you for ever die?C. Wesley.3057s, double.What could have been done, etc.Isaiah 5:4.What could your Redeemer doMore than he has done for you?To procure your peace with God,Could he more than shed his blood?After all this flow of love,All his drawings from above,Why will you your Lord deny?Why will you resolve to die?2Turn, he cries, O sinner, turn!By his life your God hath swornHe would have you turn and live,He would all the world receive:If your death were his delight,Would he thus to life invite?Would he ask, beseech and cry,Why will you resolve to die?3Sinners, turn, while God is near!He has left you naught to fear;Now, e’en now, your Saviour stands,All day long he spreads his hands:Cries, “You will not happy be,No, you will not come to me:Me who life to none deny—Why will you resolve to die?”4Can you doubt that God is love,Who thus calls you from above?Will you not his word receive?Will you not his oath believe?See, the suffering Lord appears;Jesus weeps—believe his tears!Mingled with his blood, they cry,“Why will you resolve to die?”C. Wesley.3067s.Earnest entreaty.Haste, O sinner, to be wise,Stay not for the morrow’s sun;Wisdom warns thee from the skies,All the paths of death to shun.2Haste, and mercy now implore;Stay not for the morrow’s sun;Thy probation may be o’erEre this evening’s work is done.3Haste, O sinner, now return;Stay not for the morrow’s sun;Lest thy lamp should cease to burnEre salvation’s work is done.4Haste, while yet thou canst be blest;Stay not for the morrow’s sun,Death may thy poor soul arrestEre the morrow is begun.T. Scott.3077s.Fullness of Christ.Bleeding hearts, defiled by sin,Jesus Christ can make you clean;Contrite souls, with guilt oppressed,Jesus Christ can give you rest.2You that mourn o’er follies past,Precious hours and years laid waste;Turn to God, O turn and live,Jesus Christ can still forgive.3You that oft have wandered farFrom the light of Bethlehem’s star,Trembling, now your steps retrace,Jesus Christ is full of grace.4Souls benighted and forlorn,Grieved, afflicted, tempest-worn,Now in Israel’s rock confide,Jesus Christ for man has died.5Fainting souls, in peril’s hour,Yield not to the tempter’s power;On the risen Lord rely,Jesus Christ now reigns on high.3087s, double.Flee from the wrath to come.Matt. 3:7.Sinner, art thou still secure?Wilt thou still refuse to pray?Can thy heart or hands endureIn the Lord’s avenging day?See his mighty arm made bare!Awful terrors clothe his brow!For his judgment now prepare,Thou must either break or bow.2At his presence nature shakes;Earth, affrighted, hastes to flee;Solid mountains melt like wax;What will then become of thee?Who his coming may abide?You that glory in your shame,Will you find a place to hideWhen the world is wrapt in flame?3Then the great, the rich, the wise,Trembling, guilty, self-condemned,Must behold the wrathful eyesOf the Judge they once blasphemed.Where are now their haughty looks?O! their horror and despair,When they see the opened books,And their dreadful sentence hear!4Lord, prepare us by thy grace:Soon we must resign our breath,And our souls be called to passThrough the iron gate of death.Let us now our days improve,Listen to the gospel voice;Seek the things that are above;Scorn the world’s pretended joys.Newton.3097s, 6 lines.My peace I give unto you.John 14:27.Ye who in his courts are foundListening to the joyful sound,Lost and hopeless as ye are,Sons of sorrow, sin and care,Glorify the King of kings;Take the peace the gospel brings.2Turn to Christ your longing eyes;View his bleeding sacrifice;See in him your sins forgiven,Pardon, holiness, and heaven;Glorify the King of kings;Take the peace the gospel brings.Hill’s Coll.3107s.The night is past.1 John 2:8.Weeping sinners, dry your tears;Jesus on the throne appears;Mercy comes with balmy wing,Bids you his salvation sing.2Peace he brings you by his death,Peace he speaks with every breath;Can you slight such heavenly charms?Flee, O flee to Jesus’ arms.3118s & 7s.The pearl of great price.Matt. 13:46.Sinner, seek the priceless treasure,Offered without price from God;Here is mercy without measure,Flowing in the Saviour’s blood.Come, then, to the fount of healing,Come, and prove its virtues true;Turn not from love’s sweet appealing,Jesus shed his blood for you!2Come, begin the race for heaven;Start to-day, O do not wait;Now’s the time that God has given;Sinner, do not be too late.When the door of mercy closes,You will stand and knock in vain;For, when justice interposes,Mercy will not call again!W. T. Moore.3128s, 7s & 4s.Look unto me and be saved.Isaiah 45:22.Come, you sinners, poor and needy,Weak and wounded, sick and sore;Jesus ready stands to save you,Full of pity, love and power;He is able,He is willing—doubt no more.2Let not conscience make you linger,Nor of fitness fondly dream;All the fitness he requireth,Is to feel your need of him;This he gives you,’Tis the Saviour’s rising beam.3Come, you weary, heavy laden,Bruised and mangled by the fall;If you tarry till you’re better,You will never come at all:Not the righteous—Sinners Jesus came to call.4Agonizing in the garden,Lo! your Saviour prostrate lies!On the bloody tree behold him!Hear him cry before he dies,“It is finished!”Sinners, will not this suffice?5Lo! the rising Lord, ascending,Pleads the virtue of his blood:Venture on him, venture freely,Let no other trust intrude:None but JesusCan do helpless sinners good.6Saints and angels, joined in concert,Sing the praises of the Lamb,While the blissful seats of heavenSweetly echo to his name,Hallelujah!Sinners now his love proclaim.Hart.3138s & 7s.We are on the ocean sailing.We are on the ocean sailing,Homeward bound we sweetly glide;We are on the ocean sailing,To a home beyond the tide.Chorus.—All the storms will soon be over,Then we’ll anchor in the harbor;We are out on the ocean sailingTo a home beyond the tide.2Millions now are safely landedOver on the golden shore;Millions more are on their journey,Yet there’s room for millions more;3Come on board, O ship for glory,Be in haste, make up your mind,For our vessel’s weighing anchor—You will soon be left behind.4You have kindred over yonder,On that bright and happy shore;By and by we’ll swell the number;When the toils of life are o’er.5Spread your sails, while heavenly breezesGently waft our vessel on;All on board are sweetly singing;Free salvation is the song.6When we all are safely landed,Over on the shining shore,We will walk about the city,And we’ll sing for evermore.All the storms of life are over,Landed in the port of glory:Now no more on the ocean sailing—Safe at home beyond the tide.3148s, 7s & 4.He that hath ears let him hear.Matt. 13:9.Sinners, will you scorn the messageSent in mercy from above?Every sentence, O how tender!Every line is full of love;Listen to it;Every line is full of love.2Hear the heralds of the gospelNews from Zion’s King proclaim;“Pardon to each rebel sinner;Free forgiveness in his name:”O how gracious!“Free forgiveness in his name.”3Will you not receive the message—Listen to the joyful word;And embrace the news of pardonOffered to you by the Lord?Can you slight it—Offered to you by the Lord?4O ye angels, hovering round us,Waiting spirits, speed your way,Haste ye to the court of heaven;Tidings bear without delay;Rebel sinnersGlad the message will obey.Allen.3158s, 7s & 4.The gospel invitation.Listen to the gospel, tellingHow the Lord was crucified;How upon the cross he suffered,When he bowed his head and died,All for sinners!Come, then, to his bleeding side.2Listen to the gospel calling!Hear, O sinner, and obey!Come to Jesus, he will save you,Now, no longer stay away;He invites you;Sinner, then, make no delay,3Listen to the gospel pleading,Hasten, sinner, to arise;Come and cast yourself on Jesus,He to none his love denies;Trust him freely,Wait no longer; now be wise.4Listen to the gospel blessingAll who trust the Saviour’s love;And to those who now obey him,Bringing pardon from above;Careless sinner,Will you still refuse to move?5Listen to the gospel warning;All who stay away must die;Come, then, while all things are ready,Mercy calls you from on high;Come and welcome,Hear, O hear the Saviour cry!W. T. Moore.3168s, 7s & 4.The voice of mercy.Hear, O sinner! mercy hails you,Now with sweetest voice she calls;Bids you haste to seek the Saviour,Ere the hand of Justice falls:Trust in Jesus;’Tis the voice of mercy calls.2Haste, O sinner! to the Saviour—Seek his mercy while you may;Soon the day of grace is over;Soon your life will pass away!Haste to Jesus;You must perish if you stay.Reed.3177s, 6s & 7s.The alarm.Stop, poor sinner, stop and think,Before you further go;Will you sport upon the brinkOf everlasting woe!On the verge of ruin stop—Now the friendly warning take—Stay your footsteps—ere you dropInto the burning lake.2Say, have you an arm like God,That you his will oppose?Fear ye not that iron rodWith which he breaks his foes?Can you stand in that dread dayWhich his justice shall proclaim—When the earth shall melt awayLike wax before the flame?3Ghastly death will quickly come,And drag you to his bar;Then, to hear your awful doom,Will fill you with despair!All your sins will round you crowd—You shall mark their crimson dye—Each for vengeance crying loud;And what can you reply?4Though your heart were made of steel,Your forehead lined with brass,God at length will make you feel—He will not let you pass:Sinners then in vain will call—Those who now despise his grace—“Rocks and mountains, on us fall,And hide us from his face.”Newton.3188s & 6s.If any man thirst, let him come unto me.John 7:37.Burdened with guilt, wouldst thou be blest?Trust not the world; it gives no rest:I bring relief to hearts oppressed;O, weary sinner, come!2Come, leave thy burden at the cross;Count all thy gains but empty dross;My grace repays all earthly loss:O, needy sinner, come!3Come, hither bring thy boding fears,Thine aching heart, thy bursting tears;’Tis mercy’s voice salutes thine ears:O, trembling sinner, come!4“The Spirit and the Bride say, Come;”Rejoicing saints re-echo, Come!Who faints, who thirsts, who will, may come:Thy Saviour bids thee come.3196s.Sinner, come.Sinner! come, ’mid thy gloom,All thy guilt confessing;Trembling now, contrite bow,Take the offered blessing.2Sinner! come, while there’s room—While the feast is waiting;While the Lord, by his word,Kindly is inviting.3Sinner! come, ere thy doomShall be sealed for ever;Now return, grieve and mourn,Flee to Christ, the Saviour.4Sinner! come to thy home,High in heaven gleaming;To the sky lift thine eye,With true sorrow streaming.5Sinner! haste, time fleets fast,And the grave is yawning;Win renown, seize the crown,Eternity is dawning.3208s & 3s.Will you go?We’re traveling home to heaven above;Will you go?To sing the Saviour’s dying love;Will you go?Millions have reached that blest abode,Anointed kings and priests to God,And millions more are on the road;Will you go?2We’re going to see the bleeding Lamb;Will you go?In rapturous strains to praise his name;Will you go?The crown of life we there shall wear,The conqueror’s palms our hands shall bear,And all the joys of heaven we’ll share;Will you go?3We’re going to join the heavenly choir;Will you go?To raise our voice and tune the lyre;Will you go?There saints and angels gladly singHosanna to their God and King,And make the heavenly arches ring;Will you go?4Ye weary, heavy-laden, come;Will you go?In the blest house there still is room;Will you go?The Lord is waiting to receive,If thou wilt on him now believe,He’ll give thy troubled conscience ease;Come, believe.5The way to heaven is straight and plain,Will you go?Believe, repent, be born again;Will you go?The Saviour cries aloud to thee“Take up thy cross, and follow me,And thou shalt my salvation see;Come to me.”6O, could I hear some sinner say,I will go,I’ll start this moment, clear the way,Let me go!My old companions, fare you well,I will not go with you to hell,With Jesus Christ I mean to dwell,Let me go! fare you well.3219s & 8s.The Spirit and the Bride say come.Rev. 22:17.All you that are weary and sad—come!And you that are cheerful and glad—come!In robes of humility clad—come!The Saviour invites you to-day.CHORUS.Let youth in its freshness and bloom—come!Let man in the pride of his noon—come!Let age on the verge of the tomb—come!Let none in his pride stay away.2Let the halt, and the maimed, and the blind—come!Let all who are freely inclined—come!With an humble and peaceable mind—come!Away from the waters of strife.3The Spirit and Bride freely say—Come!And let him that heareth it, say—Come!And let him that thirsteth to-day—come!And drink of the fountain of life.3226s & 4s, peculiar.The garment of praise, etc.Isaiah 61:3.Child of sin and sorrow, filled with dismay,Wait not for to-morrow, yield thee to-day;Heaven bids thee comeWhile yet there’s room:Child of sin and sorrow,Hear and obey.2Child of sin and sorrow, why wilt thou die?Come, while thou canst borrow help from on high:Grieve not that love,Which from above—Child of sin and sorrow—Would bring thee nigh.3Child of sin and sorrow, where wilt thou flee?Through that long to-morrow, eternity!Exiled from home,Darkly to roam—Child of sin and sorrow,Where wilt thou flee?4Child of sin and sorrow, lift up thine eye!Heirship thou canst borrow in worlds on high!In that high home,Graven thy name;Child of sin and sorrow,Swift homeward fly!T. Hastings.3236s & 4s.To-day.To-day the Saviour calls.Ye wanderers, come:O, ye benighted soulsWhy longer roam?2To-day the Saviour calls;O, hear him now;Within these sacred wallsTo Jesus bow.3To-day the Saviour calls;For refuge fly;The storm of vengeance falls,And death is nigh.4The Spirit calls to-day;Yield to his power;O, grieve him not away;’Tis mercy’s hour.324P. M.Come.Come—come—come to the Saviour,Rich—rich mercy receive;Here—here you will find pardon,Jesus from sin will relieve;Come—come—come—come,Come to the Saviour and live.2Come—come laden and weary,Christ Christ calls thee to come;Leave—leave paths dark and dreary,Cease from the Saviour to roam;Come—come—come—come,Jesus will guide thee safe home.3Come—come seek his salvation,Now—now hear and obey;Hark—hark the sweet invitation,Angels invite you away;Come—come—come—come,Sinner, believe and obey.4Hark—hark, angels are singing,Love—love—love is their theme;Peace—peace joyfully bringing,Mercy from God the Supreme:Come—come—come—come,Jesus is rich to redeem.A. D. Fillmore.3257s & 6s.Early piety.O come in life’s gay morning,Ere in thy sunny wayThe flowers of hope have withered,And sorrow end thy day.Come, while from joy’s bright fountainThe streams of pleasure flow,Come ere thy buoyant spiritsHave felt the blight of wo.2“Remember thy Creator”Now in thy youthful days,And he will guide thy footstepsThrough life’s uncertain maze.“Remember thy Creator,”He calls in tones of love,And offers deathless gloriesIn brighter worlds above.3And in the hour of sadness,When earthly joys depart,His love shall be thy solace,And cheer thy drooping heart.And when life’s storm is over,And thou from earth art free,Thy God will be thy portionThroughout eternity.326H. M.The year of jubilee.Fair shines the morning star,The silver trumpets sound,Their notes re-echoing far,While dawns the day around:Joy to the slave; the slave is free;It is the year of jubilee.2Prisoners of hope, in gloomAnd silence left to die,With Christ’s unfolding tomb,Your portals open fly;Rise with your Lord; he sets you free;It is the year of jubilee.3Ye, who yourselves have soldFor debts to justice due,Ransomed, but not with gold,He gave himself for you!The blood of Christ hath made you free;It is the year of jubilee.4Captives of sin and shame,O’er earth and ocean, hearAn angel’s voice proclaimThe Lord’s accepted year;Let Jacob rise, be Israel free;It is the year of jubilee.Montgomery.3276s & 7s.The land of promise.Sinner, go; will you goTo the highlands of heaven?Where the storms never blow,And the long summer’s given;Where the bright, blooming flowersAre their odors emitting;And the leaves of the bowersIn the breezes are flitting.2Where the rich golden fruitIs in bright clusters pending,And the deep laden boughs,Of life’s fair tree are bending;And where life’s crystal streamIs unceasingly flowing,And the verdure is green,And eternally growing.2Where the saints robed in white—Cleansed in life’s flowing fountain—Shining beauteous and bright,They inhabit the mountain;Where no sin, nor dismay,Neither trouble nor sorrow,Will be felt for a day,Nor be feared for the morrow.4He’s prepared thee a home—Sinner, canst thou believe it?And invites thee to come,Sinner, wilt thou receive it?O come, sinner, come,For the tide is receding,And the Saviour will soon,And for ever, cease pleading.3289s, 8s & 6s.Awake thou that sleepest.Hail, ransomed world! awake to glory!For God, the Saviour, bids you rise;Angelic hosts proclaim the story,And speed the tidings from the skies:Shall then the Prince of Darkness reigning,Oppress the earth from pole to pole,And bind in chains the immortal soul—His hands all sacred things profaning?Awake! O Church, awake!The tyrant’s fetters break!In God’s right arm of strength resolvedOn glorious victory.2Far let the gospel-trump be sounding—O’er sea, and continent, and isle;While the sweet voice of grace abounding,Shall make the burdened captive smile.Yes! to a world in bondage lying,Go teach a bleeding Saviour’s name—Freedom from sin and death proclaim,On every breeze salvation flying—And seize the gospel sword!And with our mighty Lord,March on, march on, all hearts resolvedOn glorious victory.32911s.Repent and turn.Ezekiel 18:30.O turn you! O turn you, for why will you die,When God in his mercy is coming so nigh?Now Jesus invites you, the Spirit says Come,The brethren are waiting to welcome you home.2How vain the delusion, that while you delayYour hearts may grow better by staying away;Come wretched, come starving, come just as you be,Here streams of salvation are flowing most free.3Here Jesus is ready your souls to receive;O, how can you question, since now you believe?Since sin is your burden, why will you not come?He now bids you welcome—he now says there’s room.4In riches, in pleasure, what can you obtain,To soothe your affliction, or banish your pain;To bear up your spirit when summoned to die,Or waft you to mansions of glory on high?5Why will you be starving and feeding on air?There’s mercy in Jesus, enough and to spare;If still you are doubting, make trial and see,And prove that his mercy is boundless and free.33011s.Delay not.Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near,The waters of life are now flowing for thee;No price is demanded, the Saviour is here,Redemption is purchased—salvation is free.2Delay not, delay not! why longer abuseThe love and compassion of Jesus our Lord!A fountain is opened; how canst thou refuseTo wash and be cleansed in his pardoning blood?3Delay not, delay not! O sinner, to come;For mercy still lingers, and calls thee to-day;Her voice is not heard in the vale of the tomb;Her message, unheeded, will soon pass away.4Delay not, delay not! the Spirit of grace,Long grieved and resisted, entreats thee to come;Beware, lest in darkness thou finish thy race,And sink to the vale of eternity’s gloom.5Delay not, delay not! the hour is at hand,The earth shall dissolve and the heavens shall fade;The dead, small and great, in the judgment shall stand:What power, then, O sinner, shall lend thee its aid?T. Hastings.33112s, 11s & 6.The Eden above.We’re bound for the land of the pure and the holy,The home of the happy, the kingdom of love,Ye wanderers from God, in the broad road of folly,O say, will you go to the Eden above,Will you go, will you go,O say, will you go to the Eden above?2In that blesséd land neither sighing nor anguishCan breathe in the fields where the glorified move.Ye heart-burdened ones, who in misery languish,O say, will you go to the Eden above?Will you go, etc.3Nor fraud, nor deceit, nor the hand of oppression,Can injure the dwellers in that holy grove;No wickedness there, not a shade of transgression:O say, will you go to the Eden above?Will you go, etc.4Each saint has a mansion, prepared and all furnished,Ere from this clay house he is summoned to move;Its gates and its towers with glory are burnished,O say, will you go to the Eden above?Will you go, etc.5March on, happy pilgrims, that land is before you,And soon its ten thousand delights we shall prove;Yes, soon we shall walk o’er the hills of bright glory,And drink the pure joys of the Eden above.We will go, we will go;O yes, we will go to the Eden above.6And yet, guilty sinner, we would not forsake thee,We halt yet a moment as onward we move;O come to thy Lord, in his arms he will take thee,And bear thee along to the Eden above.Will you go, will you go,O say, will you go to the Eden above?R. L. Collier.33212s.The voice of free grace.The voice of free grace cries, “Escape to the mountain!”For Adam’s lost race Christ hath opened a fountain;For sin and uncleanness, and every transgression,His blood flows most freely in streams of salvation.CHORUS.Hallelujah to the Lamb! he hath purchased our pardon;We’ll praise him again when we pass over Jordan.2Ye souls that are wounded! O! flee to the Saviour;He calls you in mercy—’tis infinite favor;Your sins are increasing—escape to the mountain—His blood can remove them, it flows from the fountain.3O Jesus! ride onward, triumphantly glorious,O’er sin, death, and hell, thou art more than victorious;Thy name is the theme of the great congregation,While angels and saints raise the shout of salvation.Thornby.33311s & 10s.The wandering sinner, etc.Restless thy spirit, poor wandering sinner,Restless and roving: O, come to thy home!Return to the arms, to the bosom, of mercy;The Saviour of sinners invites thee to come.2Darkness surrounds thee, and tempests are rising,Fearful and dangerous the path thou hast trod;But mercy shines forth in the rainbow of promise,To welcome the wanderer home to his God.3Peace to the storm in thy soul shall be spoken,Guilt from thy bosom be banished away;And heaven’s sweet breezes, o’er death’s rolling billows,Shall waft thee at last to the regions of day.A. Broaddus.33412s & 11s.The harvest is past, etc.Jer. 8:20.Hark, sinner, while God from on high doth entreat thee,And warnings with accents of mercy do blend;Give ear to his voice, lest in judgment he meet thee;“The harvest is passing, the summer will end.”2How oft of thy danger and guilt he hath told thee!How oft still the message of mercy doth send!Haste, haste, while he waits in his arms to enfold thee;“The harvest is passing, the summer will end.”3Despised and rejected, at length he may leave thee:What anguish and horror thy bosom will rend!Then, haste thee, O sinner, while he will receive thee;“The harvest is passing, the summer will end.”4Ere long, and Jehovah will come in his power;Our God will arise, with his foes to contend:Haste, haste thee, O sinner; prepare for that hour;“The harvest is passing, the summer will end.”5The Saviour will call thee in judgment before him:O, bow to his scepter, and make him thy Friend;Now yield him thy heart; make haste to adore him;“The harvest is passing, the summer will end.”J. B. Hague.3358s, 6s & 4.Entreaty.Sinners, come; no longer wander;Turn you from your evil way;Precious time no longer squander:Come, come away.2Christ for you his life has offered,What can you excusing say,If you slight the pardon proffered?Come, come away.3Hold not back in hesitation,There is danger in delay,Haste, secure your soul’s salvation,Come, come away.4You may feel regret and sorrow,If you fail to come to-day,God may grant you no to-morrow,Come, come away.B. Skene.

276L. M. peculiar.Haste thee; escape thither.Gen. 19:22.Haste, traveler, haste! the night comes on,And many a shining hour is gone;The storm is gathering in the west,And thou art far from home and rest:Haste, traveler, haste!2Awake, awake! pursue thy wayWith steady course, while yet ’tis day;While thou art sleeping on the ground,Danger and darkness gather round;Haste, traveler, haste!3The rising tempest sweeps the sky;The rains descend, the winds are high;The waters swell, and death and fearBeset thy path; no refuge near:Haste, traveler, haste!4Haste, while a shelter you may gain—A covert from the wind and rain;A hiding-place, a rest, a home—A refuge from the wrath to come:Haste, traveler, haste!5Then linger not in all the plain;Flee for thy life—the mountain gain;Look not behind, make no delay;O, speed thee, speed thee on thy way!Haste, traveler, haste!Collyer.

L. M. peculiar.

Haste thee; escape thither.Gen. 19:22.

Haste, traveler, haste! the night comes on,And many a shining hour is gone;The storm is gathering in the west,And thou art far from home and rest:Haste, traveler, haste!

Haste, traveler, haste! the night comes on,

And many a shining hour is gone;

The storm is gathering in the west,

And thou art far from home and rest:

Haste, traveler, haste!

2Awake, awake! pursue thy wayWith steady course, while yet ’tis day;While thou art sleeping on the ground,Danger and darkness gather round;Haste, traveler, haste!

2Awake, awake! pursue thy way

With steady course, while yet ’tis day;

While thou art sleeping on the ground,

Danger and darkness gather round;

Haste, traveler, haste!

3The rising tempest sweeps the sky;The rains descend, the winds are high;The waters swell, and death and fearBeset thy path; no refuge near:Haste, traveler, haste!

3The rising tempest sweeps the sky;

The rains descend, the winds are high;

The waters swell, and death and fear

Beset thy path; no refuge near:

Haste, traveler, haste!

4Haste, while a shelter you may gain—A covert from the wind and rain;A hiding-place, a rest, a home—A refuge from the wrath to come:Haste, traveler, haste!

4Haste, while a shelter you may gain—

A covert from the wind and rain;

A hiding-place, a rest, a home—

A refuge from the wrath to come:

Haste, traveler, haste!

5Then linger not in all the plain;Flee for thy life—the mountain gain;Look not behind, make no delay;O, speed thee, speed thee on thy way!Haste, traveler, haste!

5Then linger not in all the plain;

Flee for thy life—the mountain gain;

Look not behind, make no delay;

O, speed thee, speed thee on thy way!

Haste, traveler, haste!

Collyer.

277L. M.The night cometh.John 9:4.While life prolongs its precious light,Mercy is found, and peace is given;But soon, ah! soon, approaching nightShall blot out every hope of heaven.2While God invites, how blest the day!How sweet the gospel’s charming sound!Come, sinners, haste, O haste away,While yet a pardoning God is found.3Soon, borne on time’s most rapid wing,Shall death command you to the grave,Before his bar your spirits bring,And none be found to hear or save.4In that lone land of deep despair,No Sabbath’s heavenly light shall rise;No God regard your bitter prayer,Nor Saviour call you to the skies.5Now God invites, how blest the day!How sweet the gospel’s charming sound!Come, sinners, haste, O haste away,While yet a pardoning God is found.Dwight.

L. M.

The night cometh.John 9:4.

While life prolongs its precious light,Mercy is found, and peace is given;But soon, ah! soon, approaching nightShall blot out every hope of heaven.

While life prolongs its precious light,

Mercy is found, and peace is given;

But soon, ah! soon, approaching night

Shall blot out every hope of heaven.

2While God invites, how blest the day!How sweet the gospel’s charming sound!Come, sinners, haste, O haste away,While yet a pardoning God is found.

2While God invites, how blest the day!

How sweet the gospel’s charming sound!

Come, sinners, haste, O haste away,

While yet a pardoning God is found.

3Soon, borne on time’s most rapid wing,Shall death command you to the grave,Before his bar your spirits bring,And none be found to hear or save.

3Soon, borne on time’s most rapid wing,

Shall death command you to the grave,

Before his bar your spirits bring,

And none be found to hear or save.

4In that lone land of deep despair,No Sabbath’s heavenly light shall rise;No God regard your bitter prayer,Nor Saviour call you to the skies.

4In that lone land of deep despair,

No Sabbath’s heavenly light shall rise;

No God regard your bitter prayer,

Nor Saviour call you to the skies.

5Now God invites, how blest the day!How sweet the gospel’s charming sound!Come, sinners, haste, O haste away,While yet a pardoning God is found.

5Now God invites, how blest the day!

How sweet the gospel’s charming sound!

Come, sinners, haste, O haste away,

While yet a pardoning God is found.

Dwight.

278L. M.Come unto me.Matt. 11:28.With tearful eyes I look around;Life seems a dark and stormy sea;Yet midst the gloom I hear a sound,A heavenly whisper, Come to me!2It tells me of a place of rest;It tells me where my soul may flee:O! to the weary, faint, opprest,How sweet the bidding, Come to me!3Come, for all else must fail and die;Earth is no resting-place for thee;To heaven direct thy weeping eye;I am thy portion; Come to me!4O voice of mercy, voice of love!In conflict, grief, and agony,Support me, cheer me from above,And gently whisper, Come to me!

L. M.

Come unto me.Matt. 11:28.

With tearful eyes I look around;Life seems a dark and stormy sea;Yet midst the gloom I hear a sound,A heavenly whisper, Come to me!

With tearful eyes I look around;

Life seems a dark and stormy sea;

Yet midst the gloom I hear a sound,

A heavenly whisper, Come to me!

2It tells me of a place of rest;It tells me where my soul may flee:O! to the weary, faint, opprest,How sweet the bidding, Come to me!

2It tells me of a place of rest;

It tells me where my soul may flee:

O! to the weary, faint, opprest,

How sweet the bidding, Come to me!

3Come, for all else must fail and die;Earth is no resting-place for thee;To heaven direct thy weeping eye;I am thy portion; Come to me!

3Come, for all else must fail and die;

Earth is no resting-place for thee;

To heaven direct thy weeping eye;

I am thy portion; Come to me!

4O voice of mercy, voice of love!In conflict, grief, and agony,Support me, cheer me from above,And gently whisper, Come to me!

4O voice of mercy, voice of love!

In conflict, grief, and agony,

Support me, cheer me from above,

And gently whisper, Come to me!

279L. M.To-day, if you will hear his voice.Heb. 4:7.To-day, if you will hear his voice,Now is the time to make your choice;Say will you to Mount Zion go?Say, will you come to Christ or no?2Say, will you be for ever blest,And with this glorious Jesus rest?Will you be saved from guilt and pain?Will you with Christ for ever reign?3Make now your choice, and halt no more;He now is waiting for the poor:Say, now, poor souls, what will you do?Say, will you come to Christ or no?4Fathers and sons for ruin bound,Amidst the gospel’s joyful sound,Come, go with us, and seek to proveThe joys of Christ’s redeeming love.5Matrons and maids, we look to you;Are you resolved to perish, too?To rush in carnal pleasures on,And sink in flaming ruin down?6Once more we ask you in his name,(We know his love remains the same),Say, will you to Mount Zion go?Say, will you come to Christ or no?Miller.

L. M.

To-day, if you will hear his voice.Heb. 4:7.

To-day, if you will hear his voice,Now is the time to make your choice;Say will you to Mount Zion go?Say, will you come to Christ or no?

To-day, if you will hear his voice,

Now is the time to make your choice;

Say will you to Mount Zion go?

Say, will you come to Christ or no?

2Say, will you be for ever blest,And with this glorious Jesus rest?Will you be saved from guilt and pain?Will you with Christ for ever reign?

2Say, will you be for ever blest,

And with this glorious Jesus rest?

Will you be saved from guilt and pain?

Will you with Christ for ever reign?

3Make now your choice, and halt no more;He now is waiting for the poor:Say, now, poor souls, what will you do?Say, will you come to Christ or no?

3Make now your choice, and halt no more;

He now is waiting for the poor:

Say, now, poor souls, what will you do?

Say, will you come to Christ or no?

4Fathers and sons for ruin bound,Amidst the gospel’s joyful sound,Come, go with us, and seek to proveThe joys of Christ’s redeeming love.

4Fathers and sons for ruin bound,

Amidst the gospel’s joyful sound,

Come, go with us, and seek to prove

The joys of Christ’s redeeming love.

5Matrons and maids, we look to you;Are you resolved to perish, too?To rush in carnal pleasures on,And sink in flaming ruin down?

5Matrons and maids, we look to you;

Are you resolved to perish, too?

To rush in carnal pleasures on,

And sink in flaming ruin down?

6Once more we ask you in his name,(We know his love remains the same),Say, will you to Mount Zion go?Say, will you come to Christ or no?

6Once more we ask you in his name,

(We know his love remains the same),

Say, will you to Mount Zion go?

Say, will you come to Christ or no?

Miller.

280L. M.An evening expostulation.O, do not let the word depart,And close thine eye against the light;Poor sinner, harden not thy heart;Thou wouldst be saved; why not to-night?2To-morrow’s sun may never riseTo bless thy long deluded sight;This is the time; O, then be wise!Thou wouldst be saved; why not to-night?3Our God in pity lingers still;And wilt thou thus his love requite?Renounce at length thy stubborn will;Thou wouldst be saved; why not to-night?4Our blesséd Lord refuses noneWho would to him their souls unite;Then be the work of grace begun:Thou wouldst be saved; why not to-night?

L. M.

An evening expostulation.

O, do not let the word depart,And close thine eye against the light;Poor sinner, harden not thy heart;Thou wouldst be saved; why not to-night?

O, do not let the word depart,

And close thine eye against the light;

Poor sinner, harden not thy heart;

Thou wouldst be saved; why not to-night?

2To-morrow’s sun may never riseTo bless thy long deluded sight;This is the time; O, then be wise!Thou wouldst be saved; why not to-night?

2To-morrow’s sun may never rise

To bless thy long deluded sight;

This is the time; O, then be wise!

Thou wouldst be saved; why not to-night?

3Our God in pity lingers still;And wilt thou thus his love requite?Renounce at length thy stubborn will;Thou wouldst be saved; why not to-night?

3Our God in pity lingers still;

And wilt thou thus his love requite?

Renounce at length thy stubborn will;

Thou wouldst be saved; why not to-night?

4Our blesséd Lord refuses noneWho would to him their souls unite;Then be the work of grace begun:Thou wouldst be saved; why not to-night?

4Our blesséd Lord refuses none

Who would to him their souls unite;

Then be the work of grace begun:

Thou wouldst be saved; why not to-night?

281L. M.Inviting.Come, weary souls, with sin distressed,Come and accept the promised rest;The Saviour’s gracious call obey,And cast your gloomy fears away.2Oppressed with guilt, a heavy load,O! come and bow before your God;Divine compassion, mighty love,Will all the painful load remove.3Here mercy’s boundless ocean flowsTo cleanse your guilt and heal your woes;Pardon, and life, and endless peace—How rich the gift, how free the grace!4Lord, we accept with thankful heartThe hope thy gracious words impart:We come with trembling, yet rejoice,And bless thy kind inviting voice.Mrs. Steele.

L. M.

Inviting.

Come, weary souls, with sin distressed,Come and accept the promised rest;The Saviour’s gracious call obey,And cast your gloomy fears away.

Come, weary souls, with sin distressed,

Come and accept the promised rest;

The Saviour’s gracious call obey,

And cast your gloomy fears away.

2Oppressed with guilt, a heavy load,O! come and bow before your God;Divine compassion, mighty love,Will all the painful load remove.

2Oppressed with guilt, a heavy load,

O! come and bow before your God;

Divine compassion, mighty love,

Will all the painful load remove.

3Here mercy’s boundless ocean flowsTo cleanse your guilt and heal your woes;Pardon, and life, and endless peace—How rich the gift, how free the grace!

3Here mercy’s boundless ocean flows

To cleanse your guilt and heal your woes;

Pardon, and life, and endless peace—

How rich the gift, how free the grace!

4Lord, we accept with thankful heartThe hope thy gracious words impart:We come with trembling, yet rejoice,And bless thy kind inviting voice.

4Lord, we accept with thankful heart

The hope thy gracious words impart:

We come with trembling, yet rejoice,

And bless thy kind inviting voice.

Mrs. Steele.

282L. M.One thing needful.Why will ye waste on trifling caresThat life which God’s compassion spares;While, in the various range of thought,The one thing needful is forgot?2Shall God invite you from above?Shall Jesus urge his dying love?Shall troubled conscience give you pain?And all these pleas unite in vain?3Not so your eyes will always viewThose objects which you now pursue:Not so will heaven and hell appearWhen death’s decisive hour is near.4Almighty God! thy power impart;Fix deep conviction on each heart;Nor let us waste on trifling caresThat life which thy compassion spares.Doddridge.

L. M.

One thing needful.

Why will ye waste on trifling caresThat life which God’s compassion spares;While, in the various range of thought,The one thing needful is forgot?

Why will ye waste on trifling cares

That life which God’s compassion spares;

While, in the various range of thought,

The one thing needful is forgot?

2Shall God invite you from above?Shall Jesus urge his dying love?Shall troubled conscience give you pain?And all these pleas unite in vain?

2Shall God invite you from above?

Shall Jesus urge his dying love?

Shall troubled conscience give you pain?

And all these pleas unite in vain?

3Not so your eyes will always viewThose objects which you now pursue:Not so will heaven and hell appearWhen death’s decisive hour is near.

3Not so your eyes will always view

Those objects which you now pursue:

Not so will heaven and hell appear

When death’s decisive hour is near.

4Almighty God! thy power impart;Fix deep conviction on each heart;Nor let us waste on trifling caresThat life which thy compassion spares.

4Almighty God! thy power impart;

Fix deep conviction on each heart;

Nor let us waste on trifling cares

That life which thy compassion spares.

Doddridge.

283L. M.The broad and the narrow way.Matt. 7:13, 14.Broad is the road that leads to death;And thousands walk together there;But wisdom shows a narrow path,With here and there a traveler.2“Deny thyself, and take thy cross,”Is the Redeemer’s great command;Nature must count her gold but dross,If she would gain this heavenly land.3The fearful soul that tires and faints,And walks the ways of God no more,Is but esteemed almost a saint,And makes his own destruction sure.4Lord, let my hopes be not in vain,Create my heart entirely new;This hypocrites could ne’er attain;This false apostates never knew.Watts.

L. M.

The broad and the narrow way.Matt. 7:13, 14.

Broad is the road that leads to death;And thousands walk together there;But wisdom shows a narrow path,With here and there a traveler.

Broad is the road that leads to death;

And thousands walk together there;

But wisdom shows a narrow path,

With here and there a traveler.

2“Deny thyself, and take thy cross,”Is the Redeemer’s great command;Nature must count her gold but dross,If she would gain this heavenly land.

2“Deny thyself, and take thy cross,”

Is the Redeemer’s great command;

Nature must count her gold but dross,

If she would gain this heavenly land.

3The fearful soul that tires and faints,And walks the ways of God no more,Is but esteemed almost a saint,And makes his own destruction sure.

3The fearful soul that tires and faints,

And walks the ways of God no more,

Is but esteemed almost a saint,

And makes his own destruction sure.

4Lord, let my hopes be not in vain,Create my heart entirely new;This hypocrites could ne’er attain;This false apostates never knew.

4Lord, let my hopes be not in vain,

Create my heart entirely new;

This hypocrites could ne’er attain;

This false apostates never knew.

Watts.

284L. M.Ecclesiastes 9:10.Life is the time to serve the Lord,The time t’ insure the great reward;And while the lamp holds out to burn,O hasten, sinner, to return!2Life is the hour that God has givenTo ’scape from hell and fly to heaven,The day of grace, when mortals maySecure the blessings of the day.3The living know that they must die,Beneath the clods their dust must lie;Then have no share in all that’s doneBeneath the circle of the sun.4Then what my thoughts design to do,My hands, with all your might pursue:Since no device nor work is found,Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground.5There are no acts of pardon passedIn the cold grave to which we haste;O may we all receive thy grace,And see with joy thy smiling face.Watts.

L. M.

Ecclesiastes 9:10.

Life is the time to serve the Lord,The time t’ insure the great reward;And while the lamp holds out to burn,O hasten, sinner, to return!

Life is the time to serve the Lord,

The time t’ insure the great reward;

And while the lamp holds out to burn,

O hasten, sinner, to return!

2Life is the hour that God has givenTo ’scape from hell and fly to heaven,The day of grace, when mortals maySecure the blessings of the day.

2Life is the hour that God has given

To ’scape from hell and fly to heaven,

The day of grace, when mortals may

Secure the blessings of the day.

3The living know that they must die,Beneath the clods their dust must lie;Then have no share in all that’s doneBeneath the circle of the sun.

3The living know that they must die,

Beneath the clods their dust must lie;

Then have no share in all that’s done

Beneath the circle of the sun.

4Then what my thoughts design to do,My hands, with all your might pursue:Since no device nor work is found,Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground.

4Then what my thoughts design to do,

My hands, with all your might pursue:

Since no device nor work is found,

Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground.

5There are no acts of pardon passedIn the cold grave to which we haste;O may we all receive thy grace,And see with joy thy smiling face.

5There are no acts of pardon passed

In the cold grave to which we haste;

O may we all receive thy grace,

And see with joy thy smiling face.

Watts.

285C. M.Come, for all things are now ready.Luke 14:17.Come, sinners, to the gospel feast;O, do no longer stay;Let every soul be Jesus’ guest,O, do no longer stay away!CHORUS.O, do no longer stay away,For now your Saviour calls,And the gospel sounds the jubilee;O, do no longer stay away.2Hark! ’tis the Saviour’s gracious call,The invitation is to all;Come, all the world—come, sinner, thou—All things in Christ are ready now.3Come, all you souls by sin oppressed,You weary wanderers after rest;You poor and maimed, and halt and blind,In Christ a hearty welcome find.4The message, as from God, receive—You all may come to Christ and live;O let his love your hearts constrain,Nor suffer him to call in vain.5This is the time—no more delay;The Saviour calls you all to-day:O may his call effectual prove!Accept the offers of his love!

C. M.

Come, for all things are now ready.Luke 14:17.

Come, sinners, to the gospel feast;O, do no longer stay;Let every soul be Jesus’ guest,O, do no longer stay away!CHORUS.O, do no longer stay away,For now your Saviour calls,And the gospel sounds the jubilee;O, do no longer stay away.

Come, sinners, to the gospel feast;

O, do no longer stay;

Let every soul be Jesus’ guest,

O, do no longer stay away!

CHORUS.

O, do no longer stay away,

For now your Saviour calls,

And the gospel sounds the jubilee;

O, do no longer stay away.

2Hark! ’tis the Saviour’s gracious call,The invitation is to all;Come, all the world—come, sinner, thou—All things in Christ are ready now.

2Hark! ’tis the Saviour’s gracious call,

The invitation is to all;

Come, all the world—come, sinner, thou—

All things in Christ are ready now.

3Come, all you souls by sin oppressed,You weary wanderers after rest;You poor and maimed, and halt and blind,In Christ a hearty welcome find.

3Come, all you souls by sin oppressed,

You weary wanderers after rest;

You poor and maimed, and halt and blind,

In Christ a hearty welcome find.

4The message, as from God, receive—You all may come to Christ and live;O let his love your hearts constrain,Nor suffer him to call in vain.

4The message, as from God, receive—

You all may come to Christ and live;

O let his love your hearts constrain,

Nor suffer him to call in vain.

5This is the time—no more delay;The Saviour calls you all to-day:O may his call effectual prove!Accept the offers of his love!

5This is the time—no more delay;

The Saviour calls you all to-day:

O may his call effectual prove!

Accept the offers of his love!

286C. M.Hear and your soul shall live.Isaiah 55:3.Let every mortal ear attend,And every heart rejoice;The trumpet of the gospel soundsWith an inviting voice:2Ho! all you hungry, starving souls,Who feed upon the wind,And vainly strive with earthly toysTo fill an empty mind.3Eternal wisdom has preparedA soul-reviving feast,And bids your longing appetitesThe rich provision taste.4Ho! you that pant for living streams,And pine away and die,Here may you quench your raging thirstWith springs that never dry.5Rivers of love and mercy hereIn a rich ocean join;Salvation in abundance flows,Like floods of milk and wine.6Great God! the treasures of thy loveAre everlasting mines,Deep as our helpless miseries are,And boundless as our sins.7The happy gates of gospel graceStand open night and day:Lord, we are come to seek supplies,And drive our wants away.Watts.

C. M.

Hear and your soul shall live.Isaiah 55:3.

Let every mortal ear attend,And every heart rejoice;The trumpet of the gospel soundsWith an inviting voice:

Let every mortal ear attend,

And every heart rejoice;

The trumpet of the gospel sounds

With an inviting voice:

2Ho! all you hungry, starving souls,Who feed upon the wind,And vainly strive with earthly toysTo fill an empty mind.

2Ho! all you hungry, starving souls,

Who feed upon the wind,

And vainly strive with earthly toys

To fill an empty mind.

3Eternal wisdom has preparedA soul-reviving feast,And bids your longing appetitesThe rich provision taste.

3Eternal wisdom has prepared

A soul-reviving feast,

And bids your longing appetites

The rich provision taste.

4Ho! you that pant for living streams,And pine away and die,Here may you quench your raging thirstWith springs that never dry.

4Ho! you that pant for living streams,

And pine away and die,

Here may you quench your raging thirst

With springs that never dry.

5Rivers of love and mercy hereIn a rich ocean join;Salvation in abundance flows,Like floods of milk and wine.

5Rivers of love and mercy here

In a rich ocean join;

Salvation in abundance flows,

Like floods of milk and wine.

6Great God! the treasures of thy loveAre everlasting mines,Deep as our helpless miseries are,And boundless as our sins.

6Great God! the treasures of thy love

Are everlasting mines,

Deep as our helpless miseries are,

And boundless as our sins.

7The happy gates of gospel graceStand open night and day:Lord, we are come to seek supplies,And drive our wants away.

7The happy gates of gospel grace

Stand open night and day:

Lord, we are come to seek supplies,

And drive our wants away.

Watts.

287C. M.For there is no difference.Rom. 10:12.How free and boundless is the graceOf our redeeming God!Extending to the Greek and Jew,And men of every blood.2Come, all you wretched sinners, come,He’ll form your souls anew;His gospel and his heart have roomFor rebels such as you.3His doctrine is almighty love;There’s virtue in his nameTo turn a raven to a dove,A lion to a lamb.4Come, then, accept the offered grace,And make no more delay;His love will all your guilt efface,And soothe your fears away.Beddome.

C. M.

For there is no difference.Rom. 10:12.

How free and boundless is the graceOf our redeeming God!Extending to the Greek and Jew,And men of every blood.

How free and boundless is the grace

Of our redeeming God!

Extending to the Greek and Jew,

And men of every blood.

2Come, all you wretched sinners, come,He’ll form your souls anew;His gospel and his heart have roomFor rebels such as you.

2Come, all you wretched sinners, come,

He’ll form your souls anew;

His gospel and his heart have room

For rebels such as you.

3His doctrine is almighty love;There’s virtue in his nameTo turn a raven to a dove,A lion to a lamb.

3His doctrine is almighty love;

There’s virtue in his name

To turn a raven to a dove,

A lion to a lamb.

4Come, then, accept the offered grace,And make no more delay;His love will all your guilt efface,And soothe your fears away.

4Come, then, accept the offered grace,

And make no more delay;

His love will all your guilt efface,

And soothe your fears away.

Beddome.

288C. M.Let him return unto the Lord.Isaiah 55:7.Return, O wanderer, now return,And seek thy Father’s face;Those new desires which in thee burnWere kindled by his grace.2Return, O wanderer, now return!He hears thy humble sigh!He sees thy softened spirit mourn,When no one else is nigh.3Return, O wanderer, now return!Thy Saviour bids thee live;Go to his feet, and grateful learnHow freely he’ll forgive.4Return, O wanderer, now return!And wipe the falling tear;Thy Father calls—no longer mourn,’Tis love invites thee near.Collyer.

C. M.

Let him return unto the Lord.Isaiah 55:7.

Return, O wanderer, now return,And seek thy Father’s face;Those new desires which in thee burnWere kindled by his grace.

Return, O wanderer, now return,

And seek thy Father’s face;

Those new desires which in thee burn

Were kindled by his grace.

2Return, O wanderer, now return!He hears thy humble sigh!He sees thy softened spirit mourn,When no one else is nigh.

2Return, O wanderer, now return!

He hears thy humble sigh!

He sees thy softened spirit mourn,

When no one else is nigh.

3Return, O wanderer, now return!Thy Saviour bids thee live;Go to his feet, and grateful learnHow freely he’ll forgive.

3Return, O wanderer, now return!

Thy Saviour bids thee live;

Go to his feet, and grateful learn

How freely he’ll forgive.

4Return, O wanderer, now return!And wipe the falling tear;Thy Father calls—no longer mourn,’Tis love invites thee near.

4Return, O wanderer, now return!

And wipe the falling tear;

Thy Father calls—no longer mourn,

’Tis love invites thee near.

Collyer.

289C. M.Incline your ear, and come.Isaiah 55:3.The Saviour calls; let every earAttend the heavenly sound;Ye doubting souls, dismiss your fear;Hope smiles reviving round.2For every thirsty, longing heart,Here streams of bounty flow,And life, and health, and bliss impart,To banish mortal woe.3Ye sinners, come; ’tis mercy’s voice;That gracious voice obey;’Tis Jesus calls to heavenly joys;And can you yet delay?4Dear Saviour, draw reluctant hearts;To thee let sinners fly,And take the bliss thy love imparts,And drink, and never die.Mrs. Steele.

C. M.

Incline your ear, and come.Isaiah 55:3.

The Saviour calls; let every earAttend the heavenly sound;Ye doubting souls, dismiss your fear;Hope smiles reviving round.

The Saviour calls; let every ear

Attend the heavenly sound;

Ye doubting souls, dismiss your fear;

Hope smiles reviving round.

2For every thirsty, longing heart,Here streams of bounty flow,And life, and health, and bliss impart,To banish mortal woe.

2For every thirsty, longing heart,

Here streams of bounty flow,

And life, and health, and bliss impart,

To banish mortal woe.

3Ye sinners, come; ’tis mercy’s voice;That gracious voice obey;’Tis Jesus calls to heavenly joys;And can you yet delay?

3Ye sinners, come; ’tis mercy’s voice;

That gracious voice obey;

’Tis Jesus calls to heavenly joys;

And can you yet delay?

4Dear Saviour, draw reluctant hearts;To thee let sinners fly,And take the bliss thy love imparts,And drink, and never die.

4Dear Saviour, draw reluctant hearts;

To thee let sinners fly,

And take the bliss thy love imparts,

And drink, and never die.

Mrs. Steele.

290C. M.Let him that is athirst, come.Rev. 22:17.O what amazing words of graceAre in the gospel found,Suited to every sinner’s caseWho hears the joyful sound!2Come, then, with all your wants and woundsYour every burden bring;Here love, unchanging love, abounds—A deep celestial spring.3This spring with living water flows,And heavenly joy imparts;Come, thirsty souls! your wants disclose,And drink with thankful hearts.4Millions of sinners, vile as you,Have here found life and peace;Come then, and prove its virtues too,And drink, adore, and bless.Medley.

C. M.

Let him that is athirst, come.Rev. 22:17.

O what amazing words of graceAre in the gospel found,Suited to every sinner’s caseWho hears the joyful sound!

O what amazing words of grace

Are in the gospel found,

Suited to every sinner’s case

Who hears the joyful sound!

2Come, then, with all your wants and woundsYour every burden bring;Here love, unchanging love, abounds—A deep celestial spring.

2Come, then, with all your wants and wounds

Your every burden bring;

Here love, unchanging love, abounds—

A deep celestial spring.

3This spring with living water flows,And heavenly joy imparts;Come, thirsty souls! your wants disclose,And drink with thankful hearts.

3This spring with living water flows,

And heavenly joy imparts;

Come, thirsty souls! your wants disclose,

And drink with thankful hearts.

4Millions of sinners, vile as you,Have here found life and peace;Come then, and prove its virtues too,And drink, adore, and bless.

4Millions of sinners, vile as you,

Have here found life and peace;

Come then, and prove its virtues too,

And drink, adore, and bless.

Medley.

291C. M.That whoso believeth might not perish.John 3:15.Come, humble sinner, in whose breastA thousand thoughts revolve;Come, with your guilt and fear oppressed,And make this last resolve:2I’ll go to Jesus, though my sinHas like a mountain rose;His kingdom now I’ll enter in,Whatever may oppose.3Humbly I’ll bow at his command,And there my guilt confess;I’ll own I am a wretch undone,Without his sovereign grace.4Surely he will accept my plea,For he has bid me come;Forthwith I’ll rise, and to him flee,For yet, he says, there’s room.5I can not perish if I go;I am resolved to try:For if I stay away, I knowI must for ever die.Jones.

C. M.

That whoso believeth might not perish.John 3:15.

Come, humble sinner, in whose breastA thousand thoughts revolve;Come, with your guilt and fear oppressed,And make this last resolve:

Come, humble sinner, in whose breast

A thousand thoughts revolve;

Come, with your guilt and fear oppressed,

And make this last resolve:

2I’ll go to Jesus, though my sinHas like a mountain rose;His kingdom now I’ll enter in,Whatever may oppose.

2I’ll go to Jesus, though my sin

Has like a mountain rose;

His kingdom now I’ll enter in,

Whatever may oppose.

3Humbly I’ll bow at his command,And there my guilt confess;I’ll own I am a wretch undone,Without his sovereign grace.

3Humbly I’ll bow at his command,

And there my guilt confess;

I’ll own I am a wretch undone,

Without his sovereign grace.

4Surely he will accept my plea,For he has bid me come;Forthwith I’ll rise, and to him flee,For yet, he says, there’s room.

4Surely he will accept my plea,

For he has bid me come;

Forthwith I’ll rise, and to him flee,

For yet, he says, there’s room.

5I can not perish if I go;I am resolved to try:For if I stay away, I knowI must for ever die.

5I can not perish if I go;

I am resolved to try:

For if I stay away, I know

I must for ever die.

Jones.

292C. M.Come to the Ark.Gen. 7:1.Come to the ark, come to the ark;To Jesus come away;The pestilence walks forth by night,The arrow flies by day.2Come to the ark; the waters rise,The seas their billows rear:While darkness gathers o’er the skies,Behold a refuge near!3Come to the ark, all, all that weepBeneath the sense of sin:Without, deep calleth unto deep,But all is peace within.4Come to the ark, ere yet the floodYour lingering steps oppose;Come, for the door, which open stood,Is now about to close.

C. M.

Come to the Ark.Gen. 7:1.

Come to the ark, come to the ark;To Jesus come away;The pestilence walks forth by night,The arrow flies by day.

Come to the ark, come to the ark;

To Jesus come away;

The pestilence walks forth by night,

The arrow flies by day.

2Come to the ark; the waters rise,The seas their billows rear:While darkness gathers o’er the skies,Behold a refuge near!

2Come to the ark; the waters rise,

The seas their billows rear:

While darkness gathers o’er the skies,

Behold a refuge near!

3Come to the ark, all, all that weepBeneath the sense of sin:Without, deep calleth unto deep,But all is peace within.

3Come to the ark, all, all that weep

Beneath the sense of sin:

Without, deep calleth unto deep,

But all is peace within.

4Come to the ark, ere yet the floodYour lingering steps oppose;Come, for the door, which open stood,Is now about to close.

4Come to the ark, ere yet the flood

Your lingering steps oppose;

Come, for the door, which open stood,

Is now about to close.

293C. M.He that cometh to me shall never hunger.John 6:35.Ye wretched, hungry, starving poor,Behold a royal feast,Where mercy spreads her bounteous storeFor every humble guest.2See, Jesus stands with open arms;He calls, he bids you come;Guilt holds you back, and fear alarms,But see, there yet is room,3Room in the Saviour’s bleeding heart;There love and pity meet:Nor will he bid the soul departThat trembles at his feet.4O come, and with his children tasteThe blessings of his love,While hope attends the sweet repastOf nobler joys above.5There, with united heart and voice,Before th’ eternal throne,Ten thousand thousand souls rejoiceIn ecstasies unknown.6And yet ten thousand thousand moreAre welcome still to come;Ye longing souls, the grace adore;Approach—there yet is room.Mrs. Steele.

C. M.

He that cometh to me shall never hunger.John 6:35.

Ye wretched, hungry, starving poor,Behold a royal feast,Where mercy spreads her bounteous storeFor every humble guest.

Ye wretched, hungry, starving poor,

Behold a royal feast,

Where mercy spreads her bounteous store

For every humble guest.

2See, Jesus stands with open arms;He calls, he bids you come;Guilt holds you back, and fear alarms,But see, there yet is room,

2See, Jesus stands with open arms;

He calls, he bids you come;

Guilt holds you back, and fear alarms,

But see, there yet is room,

3Room in the Saviour’s bleeding heart;There love and pity meet:Nor will he bid the soul departThat trembles at his feet.

3Room in the Saviour’s bleeding heart;

There love and pity meet:

Nor will he bid the soul depart

That trembles at his feet.

4O come, and with his children tasteThe blessings of his love,While hope attends the sweet repastOf nobler joys above.

4O come, and with his children taste

The blessings of his love,

While hope attends the sweet repast

Of nobler joys above.

5There, with united heart and voice,Before th’ eternal throne,Ten thousand thousand souls rejoiceIn ecstasies unknown.

5There, with united heart and voice,

Before th’ eternal throne,

Ten thousand thousand souls rejoice

In ecstasies unknown.

6And yet ten thousand thousand moreAre welcome still to come;Ye longing souls, the grace adore;Approach—there yet is room.

6And yet ten thousand thousand more

Are welcome still to come;

Ye longing souls, the grace adore;

Approach—there yet is room.

Mrs. Steele.

294C. M.In this mountain shall the Lord, etc.Isaiah 25:6.The King of heaven his table spreads,And dainties crown the board;Not paradise, with all its joys,Could such delights afford.2Pardon and peace to dying men,And endless life are given,Through the rich blood that Jesus shed,To raise our souls to heaven.3You hungry poor, that long have strayedIn sin’s dark mazes, come;Come from your most obscure retreat,And grace shall find you room.4Millions of souls in glory nowWere fed and feasted here;And millions more still on the wayAround the board appear.5Yet are his heart and house so largeThat millions more may come:Nor could the whole assembled worldO’erfill the spacious room.6All things are ready: come away,Nor weak excuses frame;Crowd to your places at the feast,And bless the Founder’s name.Doddridge.

C. M.

In this mountain shall the Lord, etc.Isaiah 25:6.

The King of heaven his table spreads,And dainties crown the board;Not paradise, with all its joys,Could such delights afford.

The King of heaven his table spreads,

And dainties crown the board;

Not paradise, with all its joys,

Could such delights afford.

2Pardon and peace to dying men,And endless life are given,Through the rich blood that Jesus shed,To raise our souls to heaven.

2Pardon and peace to dying men,

And endless life are given,

Through the rich blood that Jesus shed,

To raise our souls to heaven.

3You hungry poor, that long have strayedIn sin’s dark mazes, come;Come from your most obscure retreat,And grace shall find you room.

3You hungry poor, that long have strayed

In sin’s dark mazes, come;

Come from your most obscure retreat,

And grace shall find you room.

4Millions of souls in glory nowWere fed and feasted here;And millions more still on the wayAround the board appear.

4Millions of souls in glory now

Were fed and feasted here;

And millions more still on the way

Around the board appear.

5Yet are his heart and house so largeThat millions more may come:Nor could the whole assembled worldO’erfill the spacious room.

5Yet are his heart and house so large

That millions more may come:

Nor could the whole assembled world

O’erfill the spacious room.

6All things are ready: come away,Nor weak excuses frame;Crowd to your places at the feast,And bless the Founder’s name.

6All things are ready: come away,

Nor weak excuses frame;

Crowd to your places at the feast,

And bless the Founder’s name.

Doddridge.

295C. M.None excluded.Jesus, thy blessings are not few,Nor is thy gospel weak;Thy grace can melt the stubborn Jew,And heal the dying Greek.2Wide as the reach of Satan’s rageDoth thy salvation flow;’Tis not confined to sex nor age,The lofty nor the low.3While grace is offered to the prince,The poor may take his share;No mortal has a just pretenseTo perish in despair.4Come, all ye wretched sinners, come,He’ll form your souls anew;His gospel and his heart have roomFor rebels such as you.5His doctrine is almighty love;There’s virtue in his nameTo turn the raven to a dove,The lion to a lamb.Watts.

C. M.

None excluded.

Jesus, thy blessings are not few,Nor is thy gospel weak;Thy grace can melt the stubborn Jew,And heal the dying Greek.

Jesus, thy blessings are not few,

Nor is thy gospel weak;

Thy grace can melt the stubborn Jew,

And heal the dying Greek.

2Wide as the reach of Satan’s rageDoth thy salvation flow;’Tis not confined to sex nor age,The lofty nor the low.

2Wide as the reach of Satan’s rage

Doth thy salvation flow;

’Tis not confined to sex nor age,

The lofty nor the low.

3While grace is offered to the prince,The poor may take his share;No mortal has a just pretenseTo perish in despair.

3While grace is offered to the prince,

The poor may take his share;

No mortal has a just pretense

To perish in despair.

4Come, all ye wretched sinners, come,He’ll form your souls anew;His gospel and his heart have roomFor rebels such as you.

4Come, all ye wretched sinners, come,

He’ll form your souls anew;

His gospel and his heart have room

For rebels such as you.

5His doctrine is almighty love;There’s virtue in his nameTo turn the raven to a dove,The lion to a lamb.

5His doctrine is almighty love;

There’s virtue in his name

To turn the raven to a dove,

The lion to a lamb.

Watts.

296C. M. peculiar.Draw nigh to God, etc.James 4:8.Return, O wanderer, to thy home,Thy Father calls for thee;No longer now an exile roam,In guilt and misery:Return, return!2Return, O wanderer, to thy home,’Tis Jesus calls for thee;The Spirit and the Bride say—come;O! now for refuge flee;Return, return!3Return, O wanderer, to thy home,’Tis madness to delay;There are no pardons in the tomb,And brief is mercy’s day:Return, return!T. Hastings.

C. M. peculiar.

Draw nigh to God, etc.James 4:8.

Return, O wanderer, to thy home,Thy Father calls for thee;No longer now an exile roam,In guilt and misery:Return, return!

Return, O wanderer, to thy home,

Thy Father calls for thee;

No longer now an exile roam,

In guilt and misery:

Return, return!

2Return, O wanderer, to thy home,’Tis Jesus calls for thee;The Spirit and the Bride say—come;O! now for refuge flee;Return, return!

2Return, O wanderer, to thy home,

’Tis Jesus calls for thee;

The Spirit and the Bride say—come;

O! now for refuge flee;

Return, return!

3Return, O wanderer, to thy home,’Tis madness to delay;There are no pardons in the tomb,And brief is mercy’s day:Return, return!

3Return, O wanderer, to thy home,

’Tis madness to delay;

There are no pardons in the tomb,

And brief is mercy’s day:

Return, return!

T. Hastings.

297S. M.Now is the accepted time.2 Cor. 6:2.Now is th’ accepted time,Now is the day of grace;Now, sinners, come, without delay,And seek the Saviour’s face.2Now is th’ accepted time,The Saviour calls to-day;To-morrow it may be too late—Then why should you delay?3Now is th’ accepted time,The gospel bids you come;And every promise in his wordDeclares there yet is room.Dobel.

S. M.

Now is the accepted time.2 Cor. 6:2.

Now is th’ accepted time,Now is the day of grace;Now, sinners, come, without delay,And seek the Saviour’s face.

Now is th’ accepted time,

Now is the day of grace;

Now, sinners, come, without delay,

And seek the Saviour’s face.

2Now is th’ accepted time,The Saviour calls to-day;To-morrow it may be too late—Then why should you delay?

2Now is th’ accepted time,

The Saviour calls to-day;

To-morrow it may be too late—

Then why should you delay?

3Now is th’ accepted time,The gospel bids you come;And every promise in his wordDeclares there yet is room.

3Now is th’ accepted time,

The gospel bids you come;

And every promise in his word

Declares there yet is room.

Dobel.

298S. M.Now is the day of salvation.2 Cor. 6:2.Now is the day of grace;Now to the Saviour come;The Lord is calling, “Seek my face,And I will guide you home.”2The Father bids you speed;O, wherefore then delay?He calls in love; he sees your need;He bids you come to-day.3To-day the prize is won;The promise is to save;Then, O, be wise; to-morrow’s sunMay shine upon your grave.

S. M.

Now is the day of salvation.2 Cor. 6:2.

Now is the day of grace;Now to the Saviour come;The Lord is calling, “Seek my face,And I will guide you home.”

Now is the day of grace;

Now to the Saviour come;

The Lord is calling, “Seek my face,

And I will guide you home.”

2The Father bids you speed;O, wherefore then delay?He calls in love; he sees your need;He bids you come to-day.

2The Father bids you speed;

O, wherefore then delay?

He calls in love; he sees your need;

He bids you come to-day.

3To-day the prize is won;The promise is to save;Then, O, be wise; to-morrow’s sunMay shine upon your grave.

3To-day the prize is won;

The promise is to save;

Then, O, be wise; to-morrow’s sun

May shine upon your grave.

299S. M.Give me thy heart.Prov. 23:26.Give to the Lord thine heart;In him all pleasures meet:O, come and choose the better part,Low at the Saviour’s feet.2Hear, and your soul shall live;His peace shall be your stay—Peace, which the world can never give,Can never take away.

S. M.

Give me thy heart.Prov. 23:26.

Give to the Lord thine heart;In him all pleasures meet:O, come and choose the better part,Low at the Saviour’s feet.

Give to the Lord thine heart;

In him all pleasures meet:

O, come and choose the better part,

Low at the Saviour’s feet.

2Hear, and your soul shall live;His peace shall be your stay—Peace, which the world can never give,Can never take away.

2Hear, and your soul shall live;

His peace shall be your stay—

Peace, which the world can never give,

Can never take away.

300S. M.Where shall the ungodly, etc.1 Pet. 4:18.And will the Judge descend?And must the dead arise?And not a single soul escapeHis all-discerning eyes?2How will my heart endureThe terrors of that day,When earth and heaven before his face,Astonished, shrink away?3But ere the trumpet shakesThe mansions of the dead;Hark! from the Gospel’s cheering sound,What joyful tidings spread.4Ye sinners! seek his grace,Whose wrath you can not bear;Flee to the shelter of his cross,And find salvation there.5Come! take his offers now,From every sin depart,Perform thy oft-repeated vow,And render him thy heart.6Repent! return! receiveThe grace through Jesus given;Sure, if with God on earth we live,We live with God in heaven.Doddridge.

S. M.

Where shall the ungodly, etc.1 Pet. 4:18.

And will the Judge descend?And must the dead arise?And not a single soul escapeHis all-discerning eyes?

And will the Judge descend?

And must the dead arise?

And not a single soul escape

His all-discerning eyes?

2How will my heart endureThe terrors of that day,When earth and heaven before his face,Astonished, shrink away?

2How will my heart endure

The terrors of that day,

When earth and heaven before his face,

Astonished, shrink away?

3But ere the trumpet shakesThe mansions of the dead;Hark! from the Gospel’s cheering sound,What joyful tidings spread.

3But ere the trumpet shakes

The mansions of the dead;

Hark! from the Gospel’s cheering sound,

What joyful tidings spread.

4Ye sinners! seek his grace,Whose wrath you can not bear;Flee to the shelter of his cross,And find salvation there.

4Ye sinners! seek his grace,

Whose wrath you can not bear;

Flee to the shelter of his cross,

And find salvation there.

5Come! take his offers now,From every sin depart,Perform thy oft-repeated vow,And render him thy heart.

5Come! take his offers now,

From every sin depart,

Perform thy oft-repeated vow,

And render him thy heart.

6Repent! return! receiveThe grace through Jesus given;Sure, if with God on earth we live,We live with God in heaven.

6Repent! return! receive

The grace through Jesus given;

Sure, if with God on earth we live,

We live with God in heaven.

Doddridge.

301S. M.The gospel call.Ye trembling captives! hear;The gospel-trumpet sounds;No music more can charm the ear,Or heal your heart-felt wounds.2’Tis not the trump of war,Nor Sinai’s awful roar;Salvation’s news it spreads afar,And vengeance is no more.3Forgiveness, love, and peace,Glad heaven aloud proclaims;And earth, the jubilee’s release,With eager rapture claims.4Far, far to distant landsThe saving news shall spread;And Jesus all his willing bandsIn glorious triumph lead.Pratt’s Coll.

S. M.

The gospel call.

Ye trembling captives! hear;The gospel-trumpet sounds;No music more can charm the ear,Or heal your heart-felt wounds.

Ye trembling captives! hear;

The gospel-trumpet sounds;

No music more can charm the ear,

Or heal your heart-felt wounds.

2’Tis not the trump of war,Nor Sinai’s awful roar;Salvation’s news it spreads afar,And vengeance is no more.

2’Tis not the trump of war,

Nor Sinai’s awful roar;

Salvation’s news it spreads afar,

And vengeance is no more.

3Forgiveness, love, and peace,Glad heaven aloud proclaims;And earth, the jubilee’s release,With eager rapture claims.

3Forgiveness, love, and peace,

Glad heaven aloud proclaims;

And earth, the jubilee’s release,

With eager rapture claims.

4Far, far to distant landsThe saving news shall spread;And Jesus all his willing bandsIn glorious triumph lead.

4Far, far to distant lands

The saving news shall spread;

And Jesus all his willing bands

In glorious triumph lead.

Pratt’s Coll.

302S. M.Boast not thyself of to-morrow.Prov. 27:1.To-morrow, Lord! is thine,Lodged in thy sovereign hand;And if its sun arise and shine,It shines by thy command.2The present moment flies,And bears our life away;O, make thy servants truly wise,That they may live to-day.3Since on this fleeting hourEternity is hung,Awake, by thine almighty power,The agéd and the young.4One thing demands our care;O, be it still pursued!Lest, slighted once, the season fairShould never be renewed.5To Jesus may we fly,Swift as the morning light,Lest life’s young, golden beams should dieIn sudden, endless night.Doddridge.

S. M.

Boast not thyself of to-morrow.Prov. 27:1.

To-morrow, Lord! is thine,Lodged in thy sovereign hand;And if its sun arise and shine,It shines by thy command.

To-morrow, Lord! is thine,

Lodged in thy sovereign hand;

And if its sun arise and shine,

It shines by thy command.

2The present moment flies,And bears our life away;O, make thy servants truly wise,That they may live to-day.

2The present moment flies,

And bears our life away;

O, make thy servants truly wise,

That they may live to-day.

3Since on this fleeting hourEternity is hung,Awake, by thine almighty power,The agéd and the young.

3Since on this fleeting hour

Eternity is hung,

Awake, by thine almighty power,

The agéd and the young.

4One thing demands our care;O, be it still pursued!Lest, slighted once, the season fairShould never be renewed.

4One thing demands our care;

O, be it still pursued!

Lest, slighted once, the season fair

Should never be renewed.

5To Jesus may we fly,Swift as the morning light,Lest life’s young, golden beams should dieIn sudden, endless night.

5To Jesus may we fly,

Swift as the morning light,

Lest life’s young, golden beams should die

In sudden, endless night.

Doddridge.

3037s, 6 lines.Come and welcome.From the cross, uplifted high,Where the Saviour deigns to die,What melodious sounds we hear,Bursting on the ravished ear!“Love’s redeeming work is done;Come and welcome, sinner, come.2“Sprinkled now with blood the throne,Why beneath thy burdens groan?On my piercéd body laid,Justice owns the ransom paid;Bow the knee, embrace the Son;Come and welcome, sinner, come.3“Spread for thee the festal board,See with richest dainties stored;To thy Father’s bosom pressed,Yet again a child confessed,Never from his house to roam—Come and welcome, sinner, come.4“Soon the days of life shall end;Lo! I come, your Saviour, Friend,Safe your spirits to conveyTo the realms of endless day,Up to my eternal home;Come and welcome, sinner, come.”Haweis.

7s, 6 lines.

Come and welcome.

From the cross, uplifted high,Where the Saviour deigns to die,What melodious sounds we hear,Bursting on the ravished ear!“Love’s redeeming work is done;Come and welcome, sinner, come.

From the cross, uplifted high,

Where the Saviour deigns to die,

What melodious sounds we hear,

Bursting on the ravished ear!

“Love’s redeeming work is done;

Come and welcome, sinner, come.

2“Sprinkled now with blood the throne,Why beneath thy burdens groan?On my piercéd body laid,Justice owns the ransom paid;Bow the knee, embrace the Son;Come and welcome, sinner, come.

2“Sprinkled now with blood the throne,

Why beneath thy burdens groan?

On my piercéd body laid,

Justice owns the ransom paid;

Bow the knee, embrace the Son;

Come and welcome, sinner, come.

3“Spread for thee the festal board,See with richest dainties stored;To thy Father’s bosom pressed,Yet again a child confessed,Never from his house to roam—Come and welcome, sinner, come.

3“Spread for thee the festal board,

See with richest dainties stored;

To thy Father’s bosom pressed,

Yet again a child confessed,

Never from his house to roam—

Come and welcome, sinner, come.

4“Soon the days of life shall end;Lo! I come, your Saviour, Friend,Safe your spirits to conveyTo the realms of endless day,Up to my eternal home;Come and welcome, sinner, come.”

4“Soon the days of life shall end;

Lo! I come, your Saviour, Friend,

Safe your spirits to convey

To the realms of endless day,

Up to my eternal home;

Come and welcome, sinner, come.”

Haweis.

3047s.Turn ye; for why will ye die?Ezekiel 18:31.Sinners, turn—why will you die?God, your Maker, asks you why:God, who did your being give,Made you with himself to live.2Sinners, turn—why will you die?Christ, your Saviour, asks you why;He, who did your souls retrieve,He, who died that you might live.3Will you let him die in vain?Crucify your Lord again?Why, you ransomed sinners, why,Will you slight his grace and die?4Will you not his grace receive?Will you still refuse to live?O! you dying sinners, why—Why will you for ever die?C. Wesley.

7s.

Turn ye; for why will ye die?Ezekiel 18:31.

Sinners, turn—why will you die?God, your Maker, asks you why:God, who did your being give,Made you with himself to live.

Sinners, turn—why will you die?

God, your Maker, asks you why:

God, who did your being give,

Made you with himself to live.

2Sinners, turn—why will you die?Christ, your Saviour, asks you why;He, who did your souls retrieve,He, who died that you might live.

2Sinners, turn—why will you die?

Christ, your Saviour, asks you why;

He, who did your souls retrieve,

He, who died that you might live.

3Will you let him die in vain?Crucify your Lord again?Why, you ransomed sinners, why,Will you slight his grace and die?

3Will you let him die in vain?

Crucify your Lord again?

Why, you ransomed sinners, why,

Will you slight his grace and die?

4Will you not his grace receive?Will you still refuse to live?O! you dying sinners, why—Why will you for ever die?

4Will you not his grace receive?

Will you still refuse to live?

O! you dying sinners, why—

Why will you for ever die?

C. Wesley.

3057s, double.What could have been done, etc.Isaiah 5:4.What could your Redeemer doMore than he has done for you?To procure your peace with God,Could he more than shed his blood?After all this flow of love,All his drawings from above,Why will you your Lord deny?Why will you resolve to die?2Turn, he cries, O sinner, turn!By his life your God hath swornHe would have you turn and live,He would all the world receive:If your death were his delight,Would he thus to life invite?Would he ask, beseech and cry,Why will you resolve to die?3Sinners, turn, while God is near!He has left you naught to fear;Now, e’en now, your Saviour stands,All day long he spreads his hands:Cries, “You will not happy be,No, you will not come to me:Me who life to none deny—Why will you resolve to die?”4Can you doubt that God is love,Who thus calls you from above?Will you not his word receive?Will you not his oath believe?See, the suffering Lord appears;Jesus weeps—believe his tears!Mingled with his blood, they cry,“Why will you resolve to die?”C. Wesley.

7s, double.

What could have been done, etc.Isaiah 5:4.

What could your Redeemer doMore than he has done for you?To procure your peace with God,Could he more than shed his blood?After all this flow of love,All his drawings from above,Why will you your Lord deny?Why will you resolve to die?

What could your Redeemer do

More than he has done for you?

To procure your peace with God,

Could he more than shed his blood?

After all this flow of love,

All his drawings from above,

Why will you your Lord deny?

Why will you resolve to die?

2Turn, he cries, O sinner, turn!By his life your God hath swornHe would have you turn and live,He would all the world receive:If your death were his delight,Would he thus to life invite?Would he ask, beseech and cry,Why will you resolve to die?

2Turn, he cries, O sinner, turn!

By his life your God hath sworn

He would have you turn and live,

He would all the world receive:

If your death were his delight,

Would he thus to life invite?

Would he ask, beseech and cry,

Why will you resolve to die?

3Sinners, turn, while God is near!He has left you naught to fear;Now, e’en now, your Saviour stands,All day long he spreads his hands:Cries, “You will not happy be,No, you will not come to me:Me who life to none deny—Why will you resolve to die?”

3Sinners, turn, while God is near!

He has left you naught to fear;

Now, e’en now, your Saviour stands,

All day long he spreads his hands:

Cries, “You will not happy be,

No, you will not come to me:

Me who life to none deny—

Why will you resolve to die?”

4Can you doubt that God is love,Who thus calls you from above?Will you not his word receive?Will you not his oath believe?See, the suffering Lord appears;Jesus weeps—believe his tears!Mingled with his blood, they cry,“Why will you resolve to die?”

4Can you doubt that God is love,

Who thus calls you from above?

Will you not his word receive?

Will you not his oath believe?

See, the suffering Lord appears;

Jesus weeps—believe his tears!

Mingled with his blood, they cry,

“Why will you resolve to die?”

C. Wesley.

3067s.Earnest entreaty.Haste, O sinner, to be wise,Stay not for the morrow’s sun;Wisdom warns thee from the skies,All the paths of death to shun.2Haste, and mercy now implore;Stay not for the morrow’s sun;Thy probation may be o’erEre this evening’s work is done.3Haste, O sinner, now return;Stay not for the morrow’s sun;Lest thy lamp should cease to burnEre salvation’s work is done.4Haste, while yet thou canst be blest;Stay not for the morrow’s sun,Death may thy poor soul arrestEre the morrow is begun.T. Scott.

7s.

Earnest entreaty.

Haste, O sinner, to be wise,Stay not for the morrow’s sun;Wisdom warns thee from the skies,All the paths of death to shun.

Haste, O sinner, to be wise,

Stay not for the morrow’s sun;

Wisdom warns thee from the skies,

All the paths of death to shun.

2Haste, and mercy now implore;Stay not for the morrow’s sun;Thy probation may be o’erEre this evening’s work is done.

2Haste, and mercy now implore;

Stay not for the morrow’s sun;

Thy probation may be o’er

Ere this evening’s work is done.

3Haste, O sinner, now return;Stay not for the morrow’s sun;Lest thy lamp should cease to burnEre salvation’s work is done.

3Haste, O sinner, now return;

Stay not for the morrow’s sun;

Lest thy lamp should cease to burn

Ere salvation’s work is done.

4Haste, while yet thou canst be blest;Stay not for the morrow’s sun,Death may thy poor soul arrestEre the morrow is begun.

4Haste, while yet thou canst be blest;

Stay not for the morrow’s sun,

Death may thy poor soul arrest

Ere the morrow is begun.

T. Scott.

3077s.Fullness of Christ.Bleeding hearts, defiled by sin,Jesus Christ can make you clean;Contrite souls, with guilt oppressed,Jesus Christ can give you rest.2You that mourn o’er follies past,Precious hours and years laid waste;Turn to God, O turn and live,Jesus Christ can still forgive.3You that oft have wandered farFrom the light of Bethlehem’s star,Trembling, now your steps retrace,Jesus Christ is full of grace.4Souls benighted and forlorn,Grieved, afflicted, tempest-worn,Now in Israel’s rock confide,Jesus Christ for man has died.5Fainting souls, in peril’s hour,Yield not to the tempter’s power;On the risen Lord rely,Jesus Christ now reigns on high.

7s.

Fullness of Christ.

Bleeding hearts, defiled by sin,Jesus Christ can make you clean;Contrite souls, with guilt oppressed,Jesus Christ can give you rest.

Bleeding hearts, defiled by sin,

Jesus Christ can make you clean;

Contrite souls, with guilt oppressed,

Jesus Christ can give you rest.

2You that mourn o’er follies past,Precious hours and years laid waste;Turn to God, O turn and live,Jesus Christ can still forgive.

2You that mourn o’er follies past,

Precious hours and years laid waste;

Turn to God, O turn and live,

Jesus Christ can still forgive.

3You that oft have wandered farFrom the light of Bethlehem’s star,Trembling, now your steps retrace,Jesus Christ is full of grace.

3You that oft have wandered far

From the light of Bethlehem’s star,

Trembling, now your steps retrace,

Jesus Christ is full of grace.

4Souls benighted and forlorn,Grieved, afflicted, tempest-worn,Now in Israel’s rock confide,Jesus Christ for man has died.

4Souls benighted and forlorn,

Grieved, afflicted, tempest-worn,

Now in Israel’s rock confide,

Jesus Christ for man has died.

5Fainting souls, in peril’s hour,Yield not to the tempter’s power;On the risen Lord rely,Jesus Christ now reigns on high.

5Fainting souls, in peril’s hour,

Yield not to the tempter’s power;

On the risen Lord rely,

Jesus Christ now reigns on high.

3087s, double.Flee from the wrath to come.Matt. 3:7.Sinner, art thou still secure?Wilt thou still refuse to pray?Can thy heart or hands endureIn the Lord’s avenging day?See his mighty arm made bare!Awful terrors clothe his brow!For his judgment now prepare,Thou must either break or bow.2At his presence nature shakes;Earth, affrighted, hastes to flee;Solid mountains melt like wax;What will then become of thee?Who his coming may abide?You that glory in your shame,Will you find a place to hideWhen the world is wrapt in flame?3Then the great, the rich, the wise,Trembling, guilty, self-condemned,Must behold the wrathful eyesOf the Judge they once blasphemed.Where are now their haughty looks?O! their horror and despair,When they see the opened books,And their dreadful sentence hear!4Lord, prepare us by thy grace:Soon we must resign our breath,And our souls be called to passThrough the iron gate of death.Let us now our days improve,Listen to the gospel voice;Seek the things that are above;Scorn the world’s pretended joys.Newton.

7s, double.

Flee from the wrath to come.Matt. 3:7.

Sinner, art thou still secure?Wilt thou still refuse to pray?Can thy heart or hands endureIn the Lord’s avenging day?See his mighty arm made bare!Awful terrors clothe his brow!For his judgment now prepare,Thou must either break or bow.

Sinner, art thou still secure?

Wilt thou still refuse to pray?

Can thy heart or hands endure

In the Lord’s avenging day?

See his mighty arm made bare!

Awful terrors clothe his brow!

For his judgment now prepare,

Thou must either break or bow.

2At his presence nature shakes;Earth, affrighted, hastes to flee;Solid mountains melt like wax;What will then become of thee?Who his coming may abide?You that glory in your shame,Will you find a place to hideWhen the world is wrapt in flame?

2At his presence nature shakes;

Earth, affrighted, hastes to flee;

Solid mountains melt like wax;

What will then become of thee?

Who his coming may abide?

You that glory in your shame,

Will you find a place to hide

When the world is wrapt in flame?

3Then the great, the rich, the wise,Trembling, guilty, self-condemned,Must behold the wrathful eyesOf the Judge they once blasphemed.Where are now their haughty looks?O! their horror and despair,When they see the opened books,And their dreadful sentence hear!

3Then the great, the rich, the wise,

Trembling, guilty, self-condemned,

Must behold the wrathful eyes

Of the Judge they once blasphemed.

Where are now their haughty looks?

O! their horror and despair,

When they see the opened books,

And their dreadful sentence hear!

4Lord, prepare us by thy grace:Soon we must resign our breath,And our souls be called to passThrough the iron gate of death.Let us now our days improve,Listen to the gospel voice;Seek the things that are above;Scorn the world’s pretended joys.

4Lord, prepare us by thy grace:

Soon we must resign our breath,

And our souls be called to pass

Through the iron gate of death.

Let us now our days improve,

Listen to the gospel voice;

Seek the things that are above;

Scorn the world’s pretended joys.

Newton.

3097s, 6 lines.My peace I give unto you.John 14:27.Ye who in his courts are foundListening to the joyful sound,Lost and hopeless as ye are,Sons of sorrow, sin and care,Glorify the King of kings;Take the peace the gospel brings.2Turn to Christ your longing eyes;View his bleeding sacrifice;See in him your sins forgiven,Pardon, holiness, and heaven;Glorify the King of kings;Take the peace the gospel brings.Hill’s Coll.

7s, 6 lines.

My peace I give unto you.John 14:27.

Ye who in his courts are foundListening to the joyful sound,Lost and hopeless as ye are,Sons of sorrow, sin and care,Glorify the King of kings;Take the peace the gospel brings.

Ye who in his courts are found

Listening to the joyful sound,

Lost and hopeless as ye are,

Sons of sorrow, sin and care,

Glorify the King of kings;

Take the peace the gospel brings.

2Turn to Christ your longing eyes;View his bleeding sacrifice;See in him your sins forgiven,Pardon, holiness, and heaven;Glorify the King of kings;Take the peace the gospel brings.

2Turn to Christ your longing eyes;

View his bleeding sacrifice;

See in him your sins forgiven,

Pardon, holiness, and heaven;

Glorify the King of kings;

Take the peace the gospel brings.

Hill’s Coll.

3107s.The night is past.1 John 2:8.Weeping sinners, dry your tears;Jesus on the throne appears;Mercy comes with balmy wing,Bids you his salvation sing.2Peace he brings you by his death,Peace he speaks with every breath;Can you slight such heavenly charms?Flee, O flee to Jesus’ arms.

7s.

The night is past.1 John 2:8.

Weeping sinners, dry your tears;Jesus on the throne appears;Mercy comes with balmy wing,Bids you his salvation sing.

Weeping sinners, dry your tears;

Jesus on the throne appears;

Mercy comes with balmy wing,

Bids you his salvation sing.

2Peace he brings you by his death,Peace he speaks with every breath;Can you slight such heavenly charms?Flee, O flee to Jesus’ arms.

2Peace he brings you by his death,

Peace he speaks with every breath;

Can you slight such heavenly charms?

Flee, O flee to Jesus’ arms.

3118s & 7s.The pearl of great price.Matt. 13:46.Sinner, seek the priceless treasure,Offered without price from God;Here is mercy without measure,Flowing in the Saviour’s blood.Come, then, to the fount of healing,Come, and prove its virtues true;Turn not from love’s sweet appealing,Jesus shed his blood for you!2Come, begin the race for heaven;Start to-day, O do not wait;Now’s the time that God has given;Sinner, do not be too late.When the door of mercy closes,You will stand and knock in vain;For, when justice interposes,Mercy will not call again!W. T. Moore.

8s & 7s.

The pearl of great price.Matt. 13:46.

Sinner, seek the priceless treasure,Offered without price from God;Here is mercy without measure,Flowing in the Saviour’s blood.Come, then, to the fount of healing,Come, and prove its virtues true;Turn not from love’s sweet appealing,Jesus shed his blood for you!

Sinner, seek the priceless treasure,

Offered without price from God;

Here is mercy without measure,

Flowing in the Saviour’s blood.

Come, then, to the fount of healing,

Come, and prove its virtues true;

Turn not from love’s sweet appealing,

Jesus shed his blood for you!

2Come, begin the race for heaven;Start to-day, O do not wait;Now’s the time that God has given;Sinner, do not be too late.When the door of mercy closes,You will stand and knock in vain;For, when justice interposes,Mercy will not call again!

2Come, begin the race for heaven;

Start to-day, O do not wait;

Now’s the time that God has given;

Sinner, do not be too late.

When the door of mercy closes,

You will stand and knock in vain;

For, when justice interposes,

Mercy will not call again!

W. T. Moore.

3128s, 7s & 4s.Look unto me and be saved.Isaiah 45:22.Come, you sinners, poor and needy,Weak and wounded, sick and sore;Jesus ready stands to save you,Full of pity, love and power;He is able,He is willing—doubt no more.2Let not conscience make you linger,Nor of fitness fondly dream;All the fitness he requireth,Is to feel your need of him;This he gives you,’Tis the Saviour’s rising beam.3Come, you weary, heavy laden,Bruised and mangled by the fall;If you tarry till you’re better,You will never come at all:Not the righteous—Sinners Jesus came to call.4Agonizing in the garden,Lo! your Saviour prostrate lies!On the bloody tree behold him!Hear him cry before he dies,“It is finished!”Sinners, will not this suffice?5Lo! the rising Lord, ascending,Pleads the virtue of his blood:Venture on him, venture freely,Let no other trust intrude:None but JesusCan do helpless sinners good.6Saints and angels, joined in concert,Sing the praises of the Lamb,While the blissful seats of heavenSweetly echo to his name,Hallelujah!Sinners now his love proclaim.Hart.

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Look unto me and be saved.Isaiah 45:22.

Come, you sinners, poor and needy,Weak and wounded, sick and sore;Jesus ready stands to save you,Full of pity, love and power;He is able,He is willing—doubt no more.

Come, you sinners, poor and needy,

Weak and wounded, sick and sore;

Jesus ready stands to save you,

Full of pity, love and power;

He is able,

He is willing—doubt no more.

2Let not conscience make you linger,Nor of fitness fondly dream;All the fitness he requireth,Is to feel your need of him;This he gives you,’Tis the Saviour’s rising beam.

2Let not conscience make you linger,

Nor of fitness fondly dream;

All the fitness he requireth,

Is to feel your need of him;

This he gives you,

’Tis the Saviour’s rising beam.

3Come, you weary, heavy laden,Bruised and mangled by the fall;If you tarry till you’re better,You will never come at all:Not the righteous—Sinners Jesus came to call.

3Come, you weary, heavy laden,

Bruised and mangled by the fall;

If you tarry till you’re better,

You will never come at all:

Not the righteous—

Sinners Jesus came to call.

4Agonizing in the garden,Lo! your Saviour prostrate lies!On the bloody tree behold him!Hear him cry before he dies,“It is finished!”Sinners, will not this suffice?

4Agonizing in the garden,

Lo! your Saviour prostrate lies!

On the bloody tree behold him!

Hear him cry before he dies,

“It is finished!”

Sinners, will not this suffice?

5Lo! the rising Lord, ascending,Pleads the virtue of his blood:Venture on him, venture freely,Let no other trust intrude:None but JesusCan do helpless sinners good.

5Lo! the rising Lord, ascending,

Pleads the virtue of his blood:

Venture on him, venture freely,

Let no other trust intrude:

None but Jesus

Can do helpless sinners good.

6Saints and angels, joined in concert,Sing the praises of the Lamb,While the blissful seats of heavenSweetly echo to his name,Hallelujah!Sinners now his love proclaim.

6Saints and angels, joined in concert,

Sing the praises of the Lamb,

While the blissful seats of heaven

Sweetly echo to his name,

Hallelujah!

Sinners now his love proclaim.

Hart.

3138s & 7s.We are on the ocean sailing.We are on the ocean sailing,Homeward bound we sweetly glide;We are on the ocean sailing,To a home beyond the tide.Chorus.—All the storms will soon be over,Then we’ll anchor in the harbor;We are out on the ocean sailingTo a home beyond the tide.2Millions now are safely landedOver on the golden shore;Millions more are on their journey,Yet there’s room for millions more;3Come on board, O ship for glory,Be in haste, make up your mind,For our vessel’s weighing anchor—You will soon be left behind.4You have kindred over yonder,On that bright and happy shore;By and by we’ll swell the number;When the toils of life are o’er.5Spread your sails, while heavenly breezesGently waft our vessel on;All on board are sweetly singing;Free salvation is the song.6When we all are safely landed,Over on the shining shore,We will walk about the city,And we’ll sing for evermore.All the storms of life are over,Landed in the port of glory:Now no more on the ocean sailing—Safe at home beyond the tide.

8s & 7s.

We are on the ocean sailing.

We are on the ocean sailing,Homeward bound we sweetly glide;We are on the ocean sailing,To a home beyond the tide.Chorus.—All the storms will soon be over,Then we’ll anchor in the harbor;We are out on the ocean sailingTo a home beyond the tide.

We are on the ocean sailing,

Homeward bound we sweetly glide;

We are on the ocean sailing,

To a home beyond the tide.

Chorus.—

All the storms will soon be over,

Then we’ll anchor in the harbor;

We are out on the ocean sailing

To a home beyond the tide.

2Millions now are safely landedOver on the golden shore;Millions more are on their journey,Yet there’s room for millions more;

2Millions now are safely landed

Over on the golden shore;

Millions more are on their journey,

Yet there’s room for millions more;

3Come on board, O ship for glory,Be in haste, make up your mind,For our vessel’s weighing anchor—You will soon be left behind.

3Come on board, O ship for glory,

Be in haste, make up your mind,

For our vessel’s weighing anchor—

You will soon be left behind.

4You have kindred over yonder,On that bright and happy shore;By and by we’ll swell the number;When the toils of life are o’er.

4You have kindred over yonder,

On that bright and happy shore;

By and by we’ll swell the number;

When the toils of life are o’er.

5Spread your sails, while heavenly breezesGently waft our vessel on;All on board are sweetly singing;Free salvation is the song.

5Spread your sails, while heavenly breezes

Gently waft our vessel on;

All on board are sweetly singing;

Free salvation is the song.

6When we all are safely landed,Over on the shining shore,We will walk about the city,And we’ll sing for evermore.

6When we all are safely landed,

Over on the shining shore,

We will walk about the city,

And we’ll sing for evermore.

All the storms of life are over,Landed in the port of glory:Now no more on the ocean sailing—Safe at home beyond the tide.

All the storms of life are over,

Landed in the port of glory:

Now no more on the ocean sailing—

Safe at home beyond the tide.

3148s, 7s & 4.He that hath ears let him hear.Matt. 13:9.Sinners, will you scorn the messageSent in mercy from above?Every sentence, O how tender!Every line is full of love;Listen to it;Every line is full of love.2Hear the heralds of the gospelNews from Zion’s King proclaim;“Pardon to each rebel sinner;Free forgiveness in his name:”O how gracious!“Free forgiveness in his name.”3Will you not receive the message—Listen to the joyful word;And embrace the news of pardonOffered to you by the Lord?Can you slight it—Offered to you by the Lord?4O ye angels, hovering round us,Waiting spirits, speed your way,Haste ye to the court of heaven;Tidings bear without delay;Rebel sinnersGlad the message will obey.Allen.

8s, 7s & 4.

He that hath ears let him hear.Matt. 13:9.

Sinners, will you scorn the messageSent in mercy from above?Every sentence, O how tender!Every line is full of love;Listen to it;Every line is full of love.

Sinners, will you scorn the message

Sent in mercy from above?

Every sentence, O how tender!

Every line is full of love;

Listen to it;

Every line is full of love.

2Hear the heralds of the gospelNews from Zion’s King proclaim;“Pardon to each rebel sinner;Free forgiveness in his name:”O how gracious!“Free forgiveness in his name.”

2Hear the heralds of the gospel

News from Zion’s King proclaim;

“Pardon to each rebel sinner;

Free forgiveness in his name:”

O how gracious!

“Free forgiveness in his name.”

3Will you not receive the message—Listen to the joyful word;And embrace the news of pardonOffered to you by the Lord?Can you slight it—Offered to you by the Lord?

3Will you not receive the message—

Listen to the joyful word;

And embrace the news of pardon

Offered to you by the Lord?

Can you slight it—

Offered to you by the Lord?

4O ye angels, hovering round us,Waiting spirits, speed your way,Haste ye to the court of heaven;Tidings bear without delay;Rebel sinnersGlad the message will obey.

4O ye angels, hovering round us,

Waiting spirits, speed your way,

Haste ye to the court of heaven;

Tidings bear without delay;

Rebel sinners

Glad the message will obey.

Allen.

3158s, 7s & 4.The gospel invitation.Listen to the gospel, tellingHow the Lord was crucified;How upon the cross he suffered,When he bowed his head and died,All for sinners!Come, then, to his bleeding side.2Listen to the gospel calling!Hear, O sinner, and obey!Come to Jesus, he will save you,Now, no longer stay away;He invites you;Sinner, then, make no delay,3Listen to the gospel pleading,Hasten, sinner, to arise;Come and cast yourself on Jesus,He to none his love denies;Trust him freely,Wait no longer; now be wise.4Listen to the gospel blessingAll who trust the Saviour’s love;And to those who now obey him,Bringing pardon from above;Careless sinner,Will you still refuse to move?5Listen to the gospel warning;All who stay away must die;Come, then, while all things are ready,Mercy calls you from on high;Come and welcome,Hear, O hear the Saviour cry!W. T. Moore.

8s, 7s & 4.

The gospel invitation.

Listen to the gospel, tellingHow the Lord was crucified;How upon the cross he suffered,When he bowed his head and died,All for sinners!Come, then, to his bleeding side.

Listen to the gospel, telling

How the Lord was crucified;

How upon the cross he suffered,

When he bowed his head and died,

All for sinners!

Come, then, to his bleeding side.

2Listen to the gospel calling!Hear, O sinner, and obey!Come to Jesus, he will save you,Now, no longer stay away;He invites you;Sinner, then, make no delay,

2Listen to the gospel calling!

Hear, O sinner, and obey!

Come to Jesus, he will save you,

Now, no longer stay away;

He invites you;

Sinner, then, make no delay,

3Listen to the gospel pleading,Hasten, sinner, to arise;Come and cast yourself on Jesus,He to none his love denies;Trust him freely,Wait no longer; now be wise.

3Listen to the gospel pleading,

Hasten, sinner, to arise;

Come and cast yourself on Jesus,

He to none his love denies;

Trust him freely,

Wait no longer; now be wise.

4Listen to the gospel blessingAll who trust the Saviour’s love;And to those who now obey him,Bringing pardon from above;Careless sinner,Will you still refuse to move?

4Listen to the gospel blessing

All who trust the Saviour’s love;

And to those who now obey him,

Bringing pardon from above;

Careless sinner,

Will you still refuse to move?

5Listen to the gospel warning;All who stay away must die;Come, then, while all things are ready,Mercy calls you from on high;Come and welcome,Hear, O hear the Saviour cry!

5Listen to the gospel warning;

All who stay away must die;

Come, then, while all things are ready,

Mercy calls you from on high;

Come and welcome,

Hear, O hear the Saviour cry!

W. T. Moore.

3168s, 7s & 4.The voice of mercy.Hear, O sinner! mercy hails you,Now with sweetest voice she calls;Bids you haste to seek the Saviour,Ere the hand of Justice falls:Trust in Jesus;’Tis the voice of mercy calls.2Haste, O sinner! to the Saviour—Seek his mercy while you may;Soon the day of grace is over;Soon your life will pass away!Haste to Jesus;You must perish if you stay.Reed.

8s, 7s & 4.

The voice of mercy.

Hear, O sinner! mercy hails you,Now with sweetest voice she calls;Bids you haste to seek the Saviour,Ere the hand of Justice falls:Trust in Jesus;’Tis the voice of mercy calls.

Hear, O sinner! mercy hails you,

Now with sweetest voice she calls;

Bids you haste to seek the Saviour,

Ere the hand of Justice falls:

Trust in Jesus;

’Tis the voice of mercy calls.

2Haste, O sinner! to the Saviour—Seek his mercy while you may;Soon the day of grace is over;Soon your life will pass away!Haste to Jesus;You must perish if you stay.

2Haste, O sinner! to the Saviour—

Seek his mercy while you may;

Soon the day of grace is over;

Soon your life will pass away!

Haste to Jesus;

You must perish if you stay.

Reed.

3177s, 6s & 7s.The alarm.Stop, poor sinner, stop and think,Before you further go;Will you sport upon the brinkOf everlasting woe!On the verge of ruin stop—Now the friendly warning take—Stay your footsteps—ere you dropInto the burning lake.2Say, have you an arm like God,That you his will oppose?Fear ye not that iron rodWith which he breaks his foes?Can you stand in that dread dayWhich his justice shall proclaim—When the earth shall melt awayLike wax before the flame?3Ghastly death will quickly come,And drag you to his bar;Then, to hear your awful doom,Will fill you with despair!All your sins will round you crowd—You shall mark their crimson dye—Each for vengeance crying loud;And what can you reply?4Though your heart were made of steel,Your forehead lined with brass,God at length will make you feel—He will not let you pass:Sinners then in vain will call—Those who now despise his grace—“Rocks and mountains, on us fall,And hide us from his face.”Newton.

7s, 6s & 7s.

The alarm.

Stop, poor sinner, stop and think,Before you further go;Will you sport upon the brinkOf everlasting woe!On the verge of ruin stop—Now the friendly warning take—Stay your footsteps—ere you dropInto the burning lake.

Stop, poor sinner, stop and think,

Before you further go;

Will you sport upon the brink

Of everlasting woe!

On the verge of ruin stop—

Now the friendly warning take—

Stay your footsteps—ere you drop

Into the burning lake.

2Say, have you an arm like God,That you his will oppose?Fear ye not that iron rodWith which he breaks his foes?Can you stand in that dread dayWhich his justice shall proclaim—When the earth shall melt awayLike wax before the flame?

2Say, have you an arm like God,

That you his will oppose?

Fear ye not that iron rod

With which he breaks his foes?

Can you stand in that dread day

Which his justice shall proclaim—

When the earth shall melt away

Like wax before the flame?

3Ghastly death will quickly come,And drag you to his bar;Then, to hear your awful doom,Will fill you with despair!All your sins will round you crowd—You shall mark their crimson dye—Each for vengeance crying loud;And what can you reply?

3Ghastly death will quickly come,

And drag you to his bar;

Then, to hear your awful doom,

Will fill you with despair!

All your sins will round you crowd—

You shall mark their crimson dye—

Each for vengeance crying loud;

And what can you reply?

4Though your heart were made of steel,Your forehead lined with brass,God at length will make you feel—He will not let you pass:Sinners then in vain will call—Those who now despise his grace—“Rocks and mountains, on us fall,And hide us from his face.”

4Though your heart were made of steel,

Your forehead lined with brass,

God at length will make you feel—

He will not let you pass:

Sinners then in vain will call—

Those who now despise his grace—

“Rocks and mountains, on us fall,

And hide us from his face.”

Newton.

3188s & 6s.If any man thirst, let him come unto me.John 7:37.Burdened with guilt, wouldst thou be blest?Trust not the world; it gives no rest:I bring relief to hearts oppressed;O, weary sinner, come!2Come, leave thy burden at the cross;Count all thy gains but empty dross;My grace repays all earthly loss:O, needy sinner, come!3Come, hither bring thy boding fears,Thine aching heart, thy bursting tears;’Tis mercy’s voice salutes thine ears:O, trembling sinner, come!4“The Spirit and the Bride say, Come;”Rejoicing saints re-echo, Come!Who faints, who thirsts, who will, may come:Thy Saviour bids thee come.

8s & 6s.

If any man thirst, let him come unto me.John 7:37.

Burdened with guilt, wouldst thou be blest?Trust not the world; it gives no rest:I bring relief to hearts oppressed;O, weary sinner, come!

Burdened with guilt, wouldst thou be blest?

Trust not the world; it gives no rest:

I bring relief to hearts oppressed;

O, weary sinner, come!

2Come, leave thy burden at the cross;Count all thy gains but empty dross;My grace repays all earthly loss:O, needy sinner, come!

2Come, leave thy burden at the cross;

Count all thy gains but empty dross;

My grace repays all earthly loss:

O, needy sinner, come!

3Come, hither bring thy boding fears,Thine aching heart, thy bursting tears;’Tis mercy’s voice salutes thine ears:O, trembling sinner, come!

3Come, hither bring thy boding fears,

Thine aching heart, thy bursting tears;

’Tis mercy’s voice salutes thine ears:

O, trembling sinner, come!

4“The Spirit and the Bride say, Come;”Rejoicing saints re-echo, Come!Who faints, who thirsts, who will, may come:Thy Saviour bids thee come.

4“The Spirit and the Bride say, Come;”

Rejoicing saints re-echo, Come!

Who faints, who thirsts, who will, may come:

Thy Saviour bids thee come.

3196s.Sinner, come.Sinner! come, ’mid thy gloom,All thy guilt confessing;Trembling now, contrite bow,Take the offered blessing.2Sinner! come, while there’s room—While the feast is waiting;While the Lord, by his word,Kindly is inviting.3Sinner! come, ere thy doomShall be sealed for ever;Now return, grieve and mourn,Flee to Christ, the Saviour.4Sinner! come to thy home,High in heaven gleaming;To the sky lift thine eye,With true sorrow streaming.5Sinner! haste, time fleets fast,And the grave is yawning;Win renown, seize the crown,Eternity is dawning.

6s.

Sinner, come.

Sinner! come, ’mid thy gloom,All thy guilt confessing;Trembling now, contrite bow,Take the offered blessing.

Sinner! come, ’mid thy gloom,

All thy guilt confessing;

Trembling now, contrite bow,

Take the offered blessing.

2Sinner! come, while there’s room—While the feast is waiting;While the Lord, by his word,Kindly is inviting.

2Sinner! come, while there’s room—

While the feast is waiting;

While the Lord, by his word,

Kindly is inviting.

3Sinner! come, ere thy doomShall be sealed for ever;Now return, grieve and mourn,Flee to Christ, the Saviour.

3Sinner! come, ere thy doom

Shall be sealed for ever;

Now return, grieve and mourn,

Flee to Christ, the Saviour.

4Sinner! come to thy home,High in heaven gleaming;To the sky lift thine eye,With true sorrow streaming.

4Sinner! come to thy home,

High in heaven gleaming;

To the sky lift thine eye,

With true sorrow streaming.

5Sinner! haste, time fleets fast,And the grave is yawning;Win renown, seize the crown,Eternity is dawning.

5Sinner! haste, time fleets fast,

And the grave is yawning;

Win renown, seize the crown,

Eternity is dawning.

3208s & 3s.Will you go?We’re traveling home to heaven above;Will you go?To sing the Saviour’s dying love;Will you go?Millions have reached that blest abode,Anointed kings and priests to God,And millions more are on the road;Will you go?2We’re going to see the bleeding Lamb;Will you go?In rapturous strains to praise his name;Will you go?The crown of life we there shall wear,The conqueror’s palms our hands shall bear,And all the joys of heaven we’ll share;Will you go?3We’re going to join the heavenly choir;Will you go?To raise our voice and tune the lyre;Will you go?There saints and angels gladly singHosanna to their God and King,And make the heavenly arches ring;Will you go?4Ye weary, heavy-laden, come;Will you go?In the blest house there still is room;Will you go?The Lord is waiting to receive,If thou wilt on him now believe,He’ll give thy troubled conscience ease;Come, believe.5The way to heaven is straight and plain,Will you go?Believe, repent, be born again;Will you go?The Saviour cries aloud to thee“Take up thy cross, and follow me,And thou shalt my salvation see;Come to me.”6O, could I hear some sinner say,I will go,I’ll start this moment, clear the way,Let me go!My old companions, fare you well,I will not go with you to hell,With Jesus Christ I mean to dwell,Let me go! fare you well.

8s & 3s.

Will you go?

We’re traveling home to heaven above;Will you go?To sing the Saviour’s dying love;Will you go?Millions have reached that blest abode,Anointed kings and priests to God,And millions more are on the road;Will you go?

We’re traveling home to heaven above;

Will you go?

To sing the Saviour’s dying love;

Will you go?

Millions have reached that blest abode,

Anointed kings and priests to God,

And millions more are on the road;

Will you go?

2We’re going to see the bleeding Lamb;Will you go?In rapturous strains to praise his name;Will you go?The crown of life we there shall wear,The conqueror’s palms our hands shall bear,And all the joys of heaven we’ll share;Will you go?

2We’re going to see the bleeding Lamb;

Will you go?

In rapturous strains to praise his name;

Will you go?

The crown of life we there shall wear,

The conqueror’s palms our hands shall bear,

And all the joys of heaven we’ll share;

Will you go?

3We’re going to join the heavenly choir;Will you go?To raise our voice and tune the lyre;Will you go?There saints and angels gladly singHosanna to their God and King,And make the heavenly arches ring;Will you go?

3We’re going to join the heavenly choir;

Will you go?

To raise our voice and tune the lyre;

Will you go?

There saints and angels gladly sing

Hosanna to their God and King,

And make the heavenly arches ring;

Will you go?

4Ye weary, heavy-laden, come;Will you go?In the blest house there still is room;Will you go?The Lord is waiting to receive,If thou wilt on him now believe,He’ll give thy troubled conscience ease;Come, believe.

4Ye weary, heavy-laden, come;

Will you go?

In the blest house there still is room;

Will you go?

The Lord is waiting to receive,

If thou wilt on him now believe,

He’ll give thy troubled conscience ease;

Come, believe.

5The way to heaven is straight and plain,Will you go?Believe, repent, be born again;Will you go?The Saviour cries aloud to thee“Take up thy cross, and follow me,And thou shalt my salvation see;Come to me.”

5The way to heaven is straight and plain,

Will you go?

Believe, repent, be born again;

Will you go?

The Saviour cries aloud to thee

“Take up thy cross, and follow me,

And thou shalt my salvation see;

Come to me.”

6O, could I hear some sinner say,I will go,I’ll start this moment, clear the way,Let me go!My old companions, fare you well,I will not go with you to hell,With Jesus Christ I mean to dwell,Let me go! fare you well.

6O, could I hear some sinner say,

I will go,

I’ll start this moment, clear the way,

Let me go!

My old companions, fare you well,

I will not go with you to hell,

With Jesus Christ I mean to dwell,

Let me go! fare you well.

3219s & 8s.The Spirit and the Bride say come.Rev. 22:17.All you that are weary and sad—come!And you that are cheerful and glad—come!In robes of humility clad—come!The Saviour invites you to-day.CHORUS.Let youth in its freshness and bloom—come!Let man in the pride of his noon—come!Let age on the verge of the tomb—come!Let none in his pride stay away.2Let the halt, and the maimed, and the blind—come!Let all who are freely inclined—come!With an humble and peaceable mind—come!Away from the waters of strife.3The Spirit and Bride freely say—Come!And let him that heareth it, say—Come!And let him that thirsteth to-day—come!And drink of the fountain of life.

9s & 8s.

The Spirit and the Bride say come.Rev. 22:17.

All you that are weary and sad—come!And you that are cheerful and glad—come!In robes of humility clad—come!The Saviour invites you to-day.CHORUS.Let youth in its freshness and bloom—come!Let man in the pride of his noon—come!Let age on the verge of the tomb—come!Let none in his pride stay away.

All you that are weary and sad—come!

And you that are cheerful and glad—come!

In robes of humility clad—come!

The Saviour invites you to-day.

CHORUS.

Let youth in its freshness and bloom—come!

Let man in the pride of his noon—come!

Let age on the verge of the tomb—come!

Let none in his pride stay away.

2Let the halt, and the maimed, and the blind—come!Let all who are freely inclined—come!With an humble and peaceable mind—come!Away from the waters of strife.

2Let the halt, and the maimed, and the blind—come!

Let all who are freely inclined—come!

With an humble and peaceable mind—come!

Away from the waters of strife.

3The Spirit and Bride freely say—Come!And let him that heareth it, say—Come!And let him that thirsteth to-day—come!And drink of the fountain of life.

3The Spirit and Bride freely say—Come!

And let him that heareth it, say—Come!

And let him that thirsteth to-day—come!

And drink of the fountain of life.

3226s & 4s, peculiar.The garment of praise, etc.Isaiah 61:3.Child of sin and sorrow, filled with dismay,Wait not for to-morrow, yield thee to-day;Heaven bids thee comeWhile yet there’s room:Child of sin and sorrow,Hear and obey.2Child of sin and sorrow, why wilt thou die?Come, while thou canst borrow help from on high:Grieve not that love,Which from above—Child of sin and sorrow—Would bring thee nigh.3Child of sin and sorrow, where wilt thou flee?Through that long to-morrow, eternity!Exiled from home,Darkly to roam—Child of sin and sorrow,Where wilt thou flee?4Child of sin and sorrow, lift up thine eye!Heirship thou canst borrow in worlds on high!In that high home,Graven thy name;Child of sin and sorrow,Swift homeward fly!T. Hastings.

6s & 4s, peculiar.

The garment of praise, etc.Isaiah 61:3.

Child of sin and sorrow, filled with dismay,Wait not for to-morrow, yield thee to-day;Heaven bids thee comeWhile yet there’s room:Child of sin and sorrow,Hear and obey.

Child of sin and sorrow, filled with dismay,

Wait not for to-morrow, yield thee to-day;

Heaven bids thee come

While yet there’s room:

Child of sin and sorrow,

Hear and obey.

2Child of sin and sorrow, why wilt thou die?Come, while thou canst borrow help from on high:Grieve not that love,Which from above—Child of sin and sorrow—Would bring thee nigh.

2Child of sin and sorrow, why wilt thou die?

Come, while thou canst borrow help from on high:

Grieve not that love,

Which from above—

Child of sin and sorrow—

Would bring thee nigh.

3Child of sin and sorrow, where wilt thou flee?Through that long to-morrow, eternity!Exiled from home,Darkly to roam—Child of sin and sorrow,Where wilt thou flee?

3Child of sin and sorrow, where wilt thou flee?

Through that long to-morrow, eternity!

Exiled from home,

Darkly to roam—

Child of sin and sorrow,

Where wilt thou flee?

4Child of sin and sorrow, lift up thine eye!Heirship thou canst borrow in worlds on high!In that high home,Graven thy name;Child of sin and sorrow,Swift homeward fly!

4Child of sin and sorrow, lift up thine eye!

Heirship thou canst borrow in worlds on high!

In that high home,

Graven thy name;

Child of sin and sorrow,

Swift homeward fly!

T. Hastings.

3236s & 4s.To-day.To-day the Saviour calls.Ye wanderers, come:O, ye benighted soulsWhy longer roam?2To-day the Saviour calls;O, hear him now;Within these sacred wallsTo Jesus bow.3To-day the Saviour calls;For refuge fly;The storm of vengeance falls,And death is nigh.4The Spirit calls to-day;Yield to his power;O, grieve him not away;’Tis mercy’s hour.

6s & 4s.

To-day.

To-day the Saviour calls.Ye wanderers, come:O, ye benighted soulsWhy longer roam?

To-day the Saviour calls.

Ye wanderers, come:

O, ye benighted souls

Why longer roam?

2To-day the Saviour calls;O, hear him now;Within these sacred wallsTo Jesus bow.

2To-day the Saviour calls;

O, hear him now;

Within these sacred walls

To Jesus bow.

3To-day the Saviour calls;For refuge fly;The storm of vengeance falls,And death is nigh.

3To-day the Saviour calls;

For refuge fly;

The storm of vengeance falls,

And death is nigh.

4The Spirit calls to-day;Yield to his power;O, grieve him not away;’Tis mercy’s hour.

4The Spirit calls to-day;

Yield to his power;

O, grieve him not away;

’Tis mercy’s hour.

324P. M.Come.Come—come—come to the Saviour,Rich—rich mercy receive;Here—here you will find pardon,Jesus from sin will relieve;Come—come—come—come,Come to the Saviour and live.2Come—come laden and weary,Christ Christ calls thee to come;Leave—leave paths dark and dreary,Cease from the Saviour to roam;Come—come—come—come,Jesus will guide thee safe home.3Come—come seek his salvation,Now—now hear and obey;Hark—hark the sweet invitation,Angels invite you away;Come—come—come—come,Sinner, believe and obey.4Hark—hark, angels are singing,Love—love—love is their theme;Peace—peace joyfully bringing,Mercy from God the Supreme:Come—come—come—come,Jesus is rich to redeem.A. D. Fillmore.

P. M.

Come.

Come—come—come to the Saviour,Rich—rich mercy receive;Here—here you will find pardon,Jesus from sin will relieve;Come—come—come—come,Come to the Saviour and live.

Come—come—come to the Saviour,

Rich—rich mercy receive;

Here—here you will find pardon,

Jesus from sin will relieve;

Come—come—come—come,

Come to the Saviour and live.

2Come—come laden and weary,Christ Christ calls thee to come;Leave—leave paths dark and dreary,Cease from the Saviour to roam;Come—come—come—come,Jesus will guide thee safe home.

2Come—come laden and weary,

Christ Christ calls thee to come;

Leave—leave paths dark and dreary,

Cease from the Saviour to roam;

Come—come—come—come,

Jesus will guide thee safe home.

3Come—come seek his salvation,Now—now hear and obey;Hark—hark the sweet invitation,Angels invite you away;Come—come—come—come,Sinner, believe and obey.

3Come—come seek his salvation,

Now—now hear and obey;

Hark—hark the sweet invitation,

Angels invite you away;

Come—come—come—come,

Sinner, believe and obey.

4Hark—hark, angels are singing,Love—love—love is their theme;Peace—peace joyfully bringing,Mercy from God the Supreme:Come—come—come—come,Jesus is rich to redeem.

4Hark—hark, angels are singing,

Love—love—love is their theme;

Peace—peace joyfully bringing,

Mercy from God the Supreme:

Come—come—come—come,

Jesus is rich to redeem.

A. D. Fillmore.

3257s & 6s.Early piety.O come in life’s gay morning,Ere in thy sunny wayThe flowers of hope have withered,And sorrow end thy day.Come, while from joy’s bright fountainThe streams of pleasure flow,Come ere thy buoyant spiritsHave felt the blight of wo.2“Remember thy Creator”Now in thy youthful days,And he will guide thy footstepsThrough life’s uncertain maze.“Remember thy Creator,”He calls in tones of love,And offers deathless gloriesIn brighter worlds above.3And in the hour of sadness,When earthly joys depart,His love shall be thy solace,And cheer thy drooping heart.And when life’s storm is over,And thou from earth art free,Thy God will be thy portionThroughout eternity.

7s & 6s.

Early piety.

O come in life’s gay morning,Ere in thy sunny wayThe flowers of hope have withered,And sorrow end thy day.Come, while from joy’s bright fountainThe streams of pleasure flow,Come ere thy buoyant spiritsHave felt the blight of wo.

O come in life’s gay morning,

Ere in thy sunny way

The flowers of hope have withered,

And sorrow end thy day.

Come, while from joy’s bright fountain

The streams of pleasure flow,

Come ere thy buoyant spirits

Have felt the blight of wo.

2“Remember thy Creator”Now in thy youthful days,And he will guide thy footstepsThrough life’s uncertain maze.“Remember thy Creator,”He calls in tones of love,And offers deathless gloriesIn brighter worlds above.

2“Remember thy Creator”

Now in thy youthful days,

And he will guide thy footsteps

Through life’s uncertain maze.

“Remember thy Creator,”

He calls in tones of love,

And offers deathless glories

In brighter worlds above.

3And in the hour of sadness,When earthly joys depart,His love shall be thy solace,And cheer thy drooping heart.And when life’s storm is over,And thou from earth art free,Thy God will be thy portionThroughout eternity.

3And in the hour of sadness,

When earthly joys depart,

His love shall be thy solace,

And cheer thy drooping heart.

And when life’s storm is over,

And thou from earth art free,

Thy God will be thy portion

Throughout eternity.

326H. M.The year of jubilee.Fair shines the morning star,The silver trumpets sound,Their notes re-echoing far,While dawns the day around:Joy to the slave; the slave is free;It is the year of jubilee.2Prisoners of hope, in gloomAnd silence left to die,With Christ’s unfolding tomb,Your portals open fly;Rise with your Lord; he sets you free;It is the year of jubilee.3Ye, who yourselves have soldFor debts to justice due,Ransomed, but not with gold,He gave himself for you!The blood of Christ hath made you free;It is the year of jubilee.4Captives of sin and shame,O’er earth and ocean, hearAn angel’s voice proclaimThe Lord’s accepted year;Let Jacob rise, be Israel free;It is the year of jubilee.Montgomery.

H. M.

The year of jubilee.

Fair shines the morning star,The silver trumpets sound,Their notes re-echoing far,While dawns the day around:Joy to the slave; the slave is free;It is the year of jubilee.

Fair shines the morning star,

The silver trumpets sound,

Their notes re-echoing far,

While dawns the day around:

Joy to the slave; the slave is free;

It is the year of jubilee.

2Prisoners of hope, in gloomAnd silence left to die,With Christ’s unfolding tomb,Your portals open fly;Rise with your Lord; he sets you free;It is the year of jubilee.

2Prisoners of hope, in gloom

And silence left to die,

With Christ’s unfolding tomb,

Your portals open fly;

Rise with your Lord; he sets you free;

It is the year of jubilee.

3Ye, who yourselves have soldFor debts to justice due,Ransomed, but not with gold,He gave himself for you!The blood of Christ hath made you free;It is the year of jubilee.

3Ye, who yourselves have sold

For debts to justice due,

Ransomed, but not with gold,

He gave himself for you!

The blood of Christ hath made you free;

It is the year of jubilee.

4Captives of sin and shame,O’er earth and ocean, hearAn angel’s voice proclaimThe Lord’s accepted year;Let Jacob rise, be Israel free;It is the year of jubilee.

4Captives of sin and shame,

O’er earth and ocean, hear

An angel’s voice proclaim

The Lord’s accepted year;

Let Jacob rise, be Israel free;

It is the year of jubilee.

Montgomery.

3276s & 7s.The land of promise.Sinner, go; will you goTo the highlands of heaven?Where the storms never blow,And the long summer’s given;Where the bright, blooming flowersAre their odors emitting;And the leaves of the bowersIn the breezes are flitting.2Where the rich golden fruitIs in bright clusters pending,And the deep laden boughs,Of life’s fair tree are bending;And where life’s crystal streamIs unceasingly flowing,And the verdure is green,And eternally growing.2Where the saints robed in white—Cleansed in life’s flowing fountain—Shining beauteous and bright,They inhabit the mountain;Where no sin, nor dismay,Neither trouble nor sorrow,Will be felt for a day,Nor be feared for the morrow.4He’s prepared thee a home—Sinner, canst thou believe it?And invites thee to come,Sinner, wilt thou receive it?O come, sinner, come,For the tide is receding,And the Saviour will soon,And for ever, cease pleading.

6s & 7s.

The land of promise.

Sinner, go; will you goTo the highlands of heaven?Where the storms never blow,And the long summer’s given;Where the bright, blooming flowersAre their odors emitting;And the leaves of the bowersIn the breezes are flitting.

Sinner, go; will you go

To the highlands of heaven?

Where the storms never blow,

And the long summer’s given;

Where the bright, blooming flowers

Are their odors emitting;

And the leaves of the bowers

In the breezes are flitting.

2Where the rich golden fruitIs in bright clusters pending,And the deep laden boughs,Of life’s fair tree are bending;And where life’s crystal streamIs unceasingly flowing,And the verdure is green,And eternally growing.

2Where the rich golden fruit

Is in bright clusters pending,

And the deep laden boughs,

Of life’s fair tree are bending;

And where life’s crystal stream

Is unceasingly flowing,

And the verdure is green,

And eternally growing.

2Where the saints robed in white—Cleansed in life’s flowing fountain—Shining beauteous and bright,They inhabit the mountain;Where no sin, nor dismay,Neither trouble nor sorrow,Will be felt for a day,Nor be feared for the morrow.

2Where the saints robed in white—

Cleansed in life’s flowing fountain—

Shining beauteous and bright,

They inhabit the mountain;

Where no sin, nor dismay,

Neither trouble nor sorrow,

Will be felt for a day,

Nor be feared for the morrow.

4He’s prepared thee a home—Sinner, canst thou believe it?And invites thee to come,Sinner, wilt thou receive it?O come, sinner, come,For the tide is receding,And the Saviour will soon,And for ever, cease pleading.

4He’s prepared thee a home—

Sinner, canst thou believe it?

And invites thee to come,

Sinner, wilt thou receive it?

O come, sinner, come,

For the tide is receding,

And the Saviour will soon,

And for ever, cease pleading.

3289s, 8s & 6s.Awake thou that sleepest.Hail, ransomed world! awake to glory!For God, the Saviour, bids you rise;Angelic hosts proclaim the story,And speed the tidings from the skies:Shall then the Prince of Darkness reigning,Oppress the earth from pole to pole,And bind in chains the immortal soul—His hands all sacred things profaning?Awake! O Church, awake!The tyrant’s fetters break!In God’s right arm of strength resolvedOn glorious victory.2Far let the gospel-trump be sounding—O’er sea, and continent, and isle;While the sweet voice of grace abounding,Shall make the burdened captive smile.Yes! to a world in bondage lying,Go teach a bleeding Saviour’s name—Freedom from sin and death proclaim,On every breeze salvation flying—And seize the gospel sword!And with our mighty Lord,March on, march on, all hearts resolvedOn glorious victory.

9s, 8s & 6s.

Awake thou that sleepest.

Hail, ransomed world! awake to glory!For God, the Saviour, bids you rise;Angelic hosts proclaim the story,And speed the tidings from the skies:Shall then the Prince of Darkness reigning,Oppress the earth from pole to pole,And bind in chains the immortal soul—His hands all sacred things profaning?Awake! O Church, awake!The tyrant’s fetters break!In God’s right arm of strength resolvedOn glorious victory.

Hail, ransomed world! awake to glory!

For God, the Saviour, bids you rise;

Angelic hosts proclaim the story,

And speed the tidings from the skies:

Shall then the Prince of Darkness reigning,

Oppress the earth from pole to pole,

And bind in chains the immortal soul—

His hands all sacred things profaning?

Awake! O Church, awake!

The tyrant’s fetters break!

In God’s right arm of strength resolved

On glorious victory.

2Far let the gospel-trump be sounding—O’er sea, and continent, and isle;While the sweet voice of grace abounding,Shall make the burdened captive smile.Yes! to a world in bondage lying,Go teach a bleeding Saviour’s name—Freedom from sin and death proclaim,On every breeze salvation flying—And seize the gospel sword!And with our mighty Lord,March on, march on, all hearts resolvedOn glorious victory.

2Far let the gospel-trump be sounding—

O’er sea, and continent, and isle;

While the sweet voice of grace abounding,

Shall make the burdened captive smile.

Yes! to a world in bondage lying,

Go teach a bleeding Saviour’s name—

Freedom from sin and death proclaim,

On every breeze salvation flying—

And seize the gospel sword!

And with our mighty Lord,

March on, march on, all hearts resolved

On glorious victory.

32911s.Repent and turn.Ezekiel 18:30.O turn you! O turn you, for why will you die,When God in his mercy is coming so nigh?Now Jesus invites you, the Spirit says Come,The brethren are waiting to welcome you home.2How vain the delusion, that while you delayYour hearts may grow better by staying away;Come wretched, come starving, come just as you be,Here streams of salvation are flowing most free.3Here Jesus is ready your souls to receive;O, how can you question, since now you believe?Since sin is your burden, why will you not come?He now bids you welcome—he now says there’s room.4In riches, in pleasure, what can you obtain,To soothe your affliction, or banish your pain;To bear up your spirit when summoned to die,Or waft you to mansions of glory on high?5Why will you be starving and feeding on air?There’s mercy in Jesus, enough and to spare;If still you are doubting, make trial and see,And prove that his mercy is boundless and free.

11s.

Repent and turn.Ezekiel 18:30.

O turn you! O turn you, for why will you die,When God in his mercy is coming so nigh?Now Jesus invites you, the Spirit says Come,The brethren are waiting to welcome you home.

O turn you! O turn you, for why will you die,

When God in his mercy is coming so nigh?

Now Jesus invites you, the Spirit says Come,

The brethren are waiting to welcome you home.

2How vain the delusion, that while you delayYour hearts may grow better by staying away;Come wretched, come starving, come just as you be,Here streams of salvation are flowing most free.

2How vain the delusion, that while you delay

Your hearts may grow better by staying away;

Come wretched, come starving, come just as you be,

Here streams of salvation are flowing most free.

3Here Jesus is ready your souls to receive;O, how can you question, since now you believe?Since sin is your burden, why will you not come?He now bids you welcome—he now says there’s room.

3Here Jesus is ready your souls to receive;

O, how can you question, since now you believe?

Since sin is your burden, why will you not come?

He now bids you welcome—he now says there’s room.

4In riches, in pleasure, what can you obtain,To soothe your affliction, or banish your pain;To bear up your spirit when summoned to die,Or waft you to mansions of glory on high?

4In riches, in pleasure, what can you obtain,

To soothe your affliction, or banish your pain;

To bear up your spirit when summoned to die,

Or waft you to mansions of glory on high?

5Why will you be starving and feeding on air?There’s mercy in Jesus, enough and to spare;If still you are doubting, make trial and see,And prove that his mercy is boundless and free.

5Why will you be starving and feeding on air?

There’s mercy in Jesus, enough and to spare;

If still you are doubting, make trial and see,

And prove that his mercy is boundless and free.

33011s.Delay not.Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near,The waters of life are now flowing for thee;No price is demanded, the Saviour is here,Redemption is purchased—salvation is free.2Delay not, delay not! why longer abuseThe love and compassion of Jesus our Lord!A fountain is opened; how canst thou refuseTo wash and be cleansed in his pardoning blood?3Delay not, delay not! O sinner, to come;For mercy still lingers, and calls thee to-day;Her voice is not heard in the vale of the tomb;Her message, unheeded, will soon pass away.4Delay not, delay not! the Spirit of grace,Long grieved and resisted, entreats thee to come;Beware, lest in darkness thou finish thy race,And sink to the vale of eternity’s gloom.5Delay not, delay not! the hour is at hand,The earth shall dissolve and the heavens shall fade;The dead, small and great, in the judgment shall stand:What power, then, O sinner, shall lend thee its aid?T. Hastings.

11s.

Delay not.

Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near,The waters of life are now flowing for thee;No price is demanded, the Saviour is here,Redemption is purchased—salvation is free.

Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near,

The waters of life are now flowing for thee;

No price is demanded, the Saviour is here,

Redemption is purchased—salvation is free.

2Delay not, delay not! why longer abuseThe love and compassion of Jesus our Lord!A fountain is opened; how canst thou refuseTo wash and be cleansed in his pardoning blood?

2Delay not, delay not! why longer abuse

The love and compassion of Jesus our Lord!

A fountain is opened; how canst thou refuse

To wash and be cleansed in his pardoning blood?

3Delay not, delay not! O sinner, to come;For mercy still lingers, and calls thee to-day;Her voice is not heard in the vale of the tomb;Her message, unheeded, will soon pass away.

3Delay not, delay not! O sinner, to come;

For mercy still lingers, and calls thee to-day;

Her voice is not heard in the vale of the tomb;

Her message, unheeded, will soon pass away.

4Delay not, delay not! the Spirit of grace,Long grieved and resisted, entreats thee to come;Beware, lest in darkness thou finish thy race,And sink to the vale of eternity’s gloom.

4Delay not, delay not! the Spirit of grace,

Long grieved and resisted, entreats thee to come;

Beware, lest in darkness thou finish thy race,

And sink to the vale of eternity’s gloom.

5Delay not, delay not! the hour is at hand,The earth shall dissolve and the heavens shall fade;The dead, small and great, in the judgment shall stand:What power, then, O sinner, shall lend thee its aid?

5Delay not, delay not! the hour is at hand,

The earth shall dissolve and the heavens shall fade;

The dead, small and great, in the judgment shall stand:

What power, then, O sinner, shall lend thee its aid?

T. Hastings.

33112s, 11s & 6.The Eden above.We’re bound for the land of the pure and the holy,The home of the happy, the kingdom of love,Ye wanderers from God, in the broad road of folly,O say, will you go to the Eden above,Will you go, will you go,O say, will you go to the Eden above?2In that blesséd land neither sighing nor anguishCan breathe in the fields where the glorified move.Ye heart-burdened ones, who in misery languish,O say, will you go to the Eden above?Will you go, etc.3Nor fraud, nor deceit, nor the hand of oppression,Can injure the dwellers in that holy grove;No wickedness there, not a shade of transgression:O say, will you go to the Eden above?Will you go, etc.4Each saint has a mansion, prepared and all furnished,Ere from this clay house he is summoned to move;Its gates and its towers with glory are burnished,O say, will you go to the Eden above?Will you go, etc.5March on, happy pilgrims, that land is before you,And soon its ten thousand delights we shall prove;Yes, soon we shall walk o’er the hills of bright glory,And drink the pure joys of the Eden above.We will go, we will go;O yes, we will go to the Eden above.6And yet, guilty sinner, we would not forsake thee,We halt yet a moment as onward we move;O come to thy Lord, in his arms he will take thee,And bear thee along to the Eden above.Will you go, will you go,O say, will you go to the Eden above?R. L. Collier.

12s, 11s & 6.

The Eden above.

We’re bound for the land of the pure and the holy,The home of the happy, the kingdom of love,Ye wanderers from God, in the broad road of folly,O say, will you go to the Eden above,Will you go, will you go,O say, will you go to the Eden above?

We’re bound for the land of the pure and the holy,

The home of the happy, the kingdom of love,

Ye wanderers from God, in the broad road of folly,

O say, will you go to the Eden above,

Will you go, will you go,

O say, will you go to the Eden above?

2In that blesséd land neither sighing nor anguishCan breathe in the fields where the glorified move.Ye heart-burdened ones, who in misery languish,O say, will you go to the Eden above?Will you go, etc.

2In that blesséd land neither sighing nor anguish

Can breathe in the fields where the glorified move.

Ye heart-burdened ones, who in misery languish,

O say, will you go to the Eden above?

Will you go, etc.

3Nor fraud, nor deceit, nor the hand of oppression,Can injure the dwellers in that holy grove;No wickedness there, not a shade of transgression:O say, will you go to the Eden above?Will you go, etc.

3Nor fraud, nor deceit, nor the hand of oppression,

Can injure the dwellers in that holy grove;

No wickedness there, not a shade of transgression:

O say, will you go to the Eden above?

Will you go, etc.

4Each saint has a mansion, prepared and all furnished,Ere from this clay house he is summoned to move;Its gates and its towers with glory are burnished,O say, will you go to the Eden above?Will you go, etc.

4Each saint has a mansion, prepared and all furnished,

Ere from this clay house he is summoned to move;

Its gates and its towers with glory are burnished,

O say, will you go to the Eden above?

Will you go, etc.

5March on, happy pilgrims, that land is before you,And soon its ten thousand delights we shall prove;Yes, soon we shall walk o’er the hills of bright glory,And drink the pure joys of the Eden above.We will go, we will go;O yes, we will go to the Eden above.

5March on, happy pilgrims, that land is before you,

And soon its ten thousand delights we shall prove;

Yes, soon we shall walk o’er the hills of bright glory,

And drink the pure joys of the Eden above.

We will go, we will go;

O yes, we will go to the Eden above.

6And yet, guilty sinner, we would not forsake thee,We halt yet a moment as onward we move;O come to thy Lord, in his arms he will take thee,And bear thee along to the Eden above.Will you go, will you go,O say, will you go to the Eden above?

6And yet, guilty sinner, we would not forsake thee,

We halt yet a moment as onward we move;

O come to thy Lord, in his arms he will take thee,

And bear thee along to the Eden above.

Will you go, will you go,

O say, will you go to the Eden above?

R. L. Collier.

33212s.The voice of free grace.The voice of free grace cries, “Escape to the mountain!”For Adam’s lost race Christ hath opened a fountain;For sin and uncleanness, and every transgression,His blood flows most freely in streams of salvation.CHORUS.Hallelujah to the Lamb! he hath purchased our pardon;We’ll praise him again when we pass over Jordan.2Ye souls that are wounded! O! flee to the Saviour;He calls you in mercy—’tis infinite favor;Your sins are increasing—escape to the mountain—His blood can remove them, it flows from the fountain.3O Jesus! ride onward, triumphantly glorious,O’er sin, death, and hell, thou art more than victorious;Thy name is the theme of the great congregation,While angels and saints raise the shout of salvation.Thornby.

12s.

The voice of free grace.

The voice of free grace cries, “Escape to the mountain!”For Adam’s lost race Christ hath opened a fountain;For sin and uncleanness, and every transgression,His blood flows most freely in streams of salvation.CHORUS.Hallelujah to the Lamb! he hath purchased our pardon;We’ll praise him again when we pass over Jordan.

The voice of free grace cries, “Escape to the mountain!”

For Adam’s lost race Christ hath opened a fountain;

For sin and uncleanness, and every transgression,

His blood flows most freely in streams of salvation.

CHORUS.

Hallelujah to the Lamb! he hath purchased our pardon;

We’ll praise him again when we pass over Jordan.

2Ye souls that are wounded! O! flee to the Saviour;He calls you in mercy—’tis infinite favor;Your sins are increasing—escape to the mountain—His blood can remove them, it flows from the fountain.

2Ye souls that are wounded! O! flee to the Saviour;

He calls you in mercy—’tis infinite favor;

Your sins are increasing—escape to the mountain—

His blood can remove them, it flows from the fountain.

3O Jesus! ride onward, triumphantly glorious,O’er sin, death, and hell, thou art more than victorious;Thy name is the theme of the great congregation,While angels and saints raise the shout of salvation.

3O Jesus! ride onward, triumphantly glorious,

O’er sin, death, and hell, thou art more than victorious;

Thy name is the theme of the great congregation,

While angels and saints raise the shout of salvation.

Thornby.

33311s & 10s.The wandering sinner, etc.Restless thy spirit, poor wandering sinner,Restless and roving: O, come to thy home!Return to the arms, to the bosom, of mercy;The Saviour of sinners invites thee to come.2Darkness surrounds thee, and tempests are rising,Fearful and dangerous the path thou hast trod;But mercy shines forth in the rainbow of promise,To welcome the wanderer home to his God.3Peace to the storm in thy soul shall be spoken,Guilt from thy bosom be banished away;And heaven’s sweet breezes, o’er death’s rolling billows,Shall waft thee at last to the regions of day.A. Broaddus.

11s & 10s.

The wandering sinner, etc.

Restless thy spirit, poor wandering sinner,Restless and roving: O, come to thy home!Return to the arms, to the bosom, of mercy;The Saviour of sinners invites thee to come.

Restless thy spirit, poor wandering sinner,

Restless and roving: O, come to thy home!

Return to the arms, to the bosom, of mercy;

The Saviour of sinners invites thee to come.

2Darkness surrounds thee, and tempests are rising,Fearful and dangerous the path thou hast trod;But mercy shines forth in the rainbow of promise,To welcome the wanderer home to his God.

2Darkness surrounds thee, and tempests are rising,

Fearful and dangerous the path thou hast trod;

But mercy shines forth in the rainbow of promise,

To welcome the wanderer home to his God.

3Peace to the storm in thy soul shall be spoken,Guilt from thy bosom be banished away;And heaven’s sweet breezes, o’er death’s rolling billows,Shall waft thee at last to the regions of day.

3Peace to the storm in thy soul shall be spoken,

Guilt from thy bosom be banished away;

And heaven’s sweet breezes, o’er death’s rolling billows,

Shall waft thee at last to the regions of day.

A. Broaddus.

33412s & 11s.The harvest is past, etc.Jer. 8:20.Hark, sinner, while God from on high doth entreat thee,And warnings with accents of mercy do blend;Give ear to his voice, lest in judgment he meet thee;“The harvest is passing, the summer will end.”2How oft of thy danger and guilt he hath told thee!How oft still the message of mercy doth send!Haste, haste, while he waits in his arms to enfold thee;“The harvest is passing, the summer will end.”3Despised and rejected, at length he may leave thee:What anguish and horror thy bosom will rend!Then, haste thee, O sinner, while he will receive thee;“The harvest is passing, the summer will end.”4Ere long, and Jehovah will come in his power;Our God will arise, with his foes to contend:Haste, haste thee, O sinner; prepare for that hour;“The harvest is passing, the summer will end.”5The Saviour will call thee in judgment before him:O, bow to his scepter, and make him thy Friend;Now yield him thy heart; make haste to adore him;“The harvest is passing, the summer will end.”J. B. Hague.

12s & 11s.

The harvest is past, etc.Jer. 8:20.

Hark, sinner, while God from on high doth entreat thee,And warnings with accents of mercy do blend;Give ear to his voice, lest in judgment he meet thee;“The harvest is passing, the summer will end.”

Hark, sinner, while God from on high doth entreat thee,

And warnings with accents of mercy do blend;

Give ear to his voice, lest in judgment he meet thee;

“The harvest is passing, the summer will end.”

2How oft of thy danger and guilt he hath told thee!How oft still the message of mercy doth send!Haste, haste, while he waits in his arms to enfold thee;“The harvest is passing, the summer will end.”

2How oft of thy danger and guilt he hath told thee!

How oft still the message of mercy doth send!

Haste, haste, while he waits in his arms to enfold thee;

“The harvest is passing, the summer will end.”

3Despised and rejected, at length he may leave thee:What anguish and horror thy bosom will rend!Then, haste thee, O sinner, while he will receive thee;“The harvest is passing, the summer will end.”

3Despised and rejected, at length he may leave thee:

What anguish and horror thy bosom will rend!

Then, haste thee, O sinner, while he will receive thee;

“The harvest is passing, the summer will end.”

4Ere long, and Jehovah will come in his power;Our God will arise, with his foes to contend:Haste, haste thee, O sinner; prepare for that hour;“The harvest is passing, the summer will end.”

4Ere long, and Jehovah will come in his power;

Our God will arise, with his foes to contend:

Haste, haste thee, O sinner; prepare for that hour;

“The harvest is passing, the summer will end.”

5The Saviour will call thee in judgment before him:O, bow to his scepter, and make him thy Friend;Now yield him thy heart; make haste to adore him;“The harvest is passing, the summer will end.”

5The Saviour will call thee in judgment before him:

O, bow to his scepter, and make him thy Friend;

Now yield him thy heart; make haste to adore him;

“The harvest is passing, the summer will end.”

J. B. Hague.

3358s, 6s & 4.Entreaty.Sinners, come; no longer wander;Turn you from your evil way;Precious time no longer squander:Come, come away.2Christ for you his life has offered,What can you excusing say,If you slight the pardon proffered?Come, come away.3Hold not back in hesitation,There is danger in delay,Haste, secure your soul’s salvation,Come, come away.4You may feel regret and sorrow,If you fail to come to-day,God may grant you no to-morrow,Come, come away.B. Skene.

8s, 6s & 4.

Entreaty.

Sinners, come; no longer wander;Turn you from your evil way;Precious time no longer squander:Come, come away.

Sinners, come; no longer wander;

Turn you from your evil way;

Precious time no longer squander:

Come, come away.

2Christ for you his life has offered,What can you excusing say,If you slight the pardon proffered?Come, come away.

2Christ for you his life has offered,

What can you excusing say,

If you slight the pardon proffered?

Come, come away.

3Hold not back in hesitation,There is danger in delay,Haste, secure your soul’s salvation,Come, come away.

3Hold not back in hesitation,

There is danger in delay,

Haste, secure your soul’s salvation,

Come, come away.

4You may feel regret and sorrow,If you fail to come to-day,God may grant you no to-morrow,Come, come away.

4You may feel regret and sorrow,

If you fail to come to-day,

God may grant you no to-morrow,

Come, come away.

B. Skene.

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