mf f Nor will he bid the soul depart, 4 Oh! come, and with his children, taste While hope attends the sweet repast 5 There, with united heart and voice, Ten thousand thousand souls rejoice, HYMN 267, C. M. The Fountain of living Waters. 0! Suited to every sinner's case 2. Come, then, with all your wants and wounds, Here love, unchanging love, abounds,- 3 This spring with living waters flows, Come, thirsty souls! your wants disclose, 4 Millions of sinners, vile as you, 268 m 1 p mf mp YE HYMN 268, 78. Sinners urged to accept the Invitation. mf 269 Glorify the King of kings, Take the peace the gospel brings. HYMN 269, 78. Expostulation with Sinners. aff 1 SINNERS! turn; why will ye die? VA God, your Maker, asks you-Why? God, who did your being give, Made you with himself to live,He the fatal cause demands, Asks the work of his own hands,Why, ye thankless creatures! why, Will ye cross his love, and die? aff 2 Sinners! turn; why will ye die? God, your Saviour, asks you-Why? He, who did your souls retrieve, Died himself that ye might live:Will ye let him die in vain? Crucify your Lord again? VɅ Why, ye ransomed sinners! why 270 m 1 SIN HYMN 270, C. M. Expostulation with Sinners. INNERS! the voice of God regard; He calls you, by his sovereign word, 2 Like the rough sea that cannot rest, A thousand stings, within your breast, 8 Your way is dark, and leads to hell; 4 Lo! he, who turns to God, shall live, 5 Bow to the sceptre of his word- Submit to him, your sovereign Lord, mf 6 His love exceeds your highest thoughts;He pardons like a God; VI 271 af 1 He will forgive your numerous faults, HYMN 271, L. M. Knocking at the Door. EHOLD a stranger at the door! BEH He gently knocks,--has knocked before; 2 Oh! lovely attitude-he stands 3 But will he prove a friend indeed? mp mp 5 Admit him, ere his anger burn,— 272 HYMN 272, 8s, 7s and 48. Invitation to Sinners. aff 1 COME, ye sinners! heavy-laden, Lost and ruined by the fall, m 20 If you wait till you are better, Christ, the Saviour, came to call. 'T is the Spirit's rising beam. aff 3 Agonizing in the garden, m Lo! your Saviour prostrate lies; There he groans, and bleeds, and dies: "It is finished"— Heaven accepts the sacrifice. 4 Lo! th' incarnate God ascending Can do helpless sinners good. mf 5 Saints and angels, joined in concert, Sing the praises of the Lamb; f 273 While the blissful seats of heaven Sweetly echo with his name; Sinners here may sing the same. HYMN 273, L. M. The Sinner entreated. af 1 RETURN, O wanderer! now return, And seek thine injured Father's face; 4 Return, O wanderer! now return, 274 af 1 mf P HYMN 274, C. M. The heavenly Guest. AND will the Lord thus condescend, To visit sinful worms? Thus at the door shall mercy stand, 2 Shall Jesus for admittance plead, And this vile heart, for which he bled, 8 'T is sin, alas! with tyrant power, And crowds of traitors bar the door, 4 Lord! rise in thine all-conquering grace, One beam of glory from thy face 5 Ye vile seducers! hence depart; 275 mp 1 Oh! guard the passage to my heart, SIN HYMN 275, 8s, 7s and 48. INNERS! will you scorn the message Mercy speaks in every passage; Oh! believe it, Every line is full of love. mf 2 Now, the heralds of salvation Joyful news from heaven proclaim ;Sinners freed from condemnation, Through the all-atoning Lamb! Life receiving Through the all-atoning Lamb. |