245 mp 1 V Thy fearful doom, with vengeance fraught, HYMN 245, C. M. Frailty and Sin. HOW short and hasty is our life! How vast our soul's affairs! Yet senseless mortals vainly strive 2 Our days run thoughtlessly along, Just like a story, or a song, 3 God from on high invites us home, 4 How we deserve the deepest hell, What chains of vengeance should we feel, 5 Draw us, O God! with sovereign grace, 246 1 That we may end this mortal race, HYMN 246, C. M. Brevity of Life. ET others boast how strong they be, 2 Fresh as the grass our bodies stand, A blasting wind sweeps o'er the land, 3 Our life contains a thousand springs, Strange! that a harp of thousand strings 4 But 't is our God supports our frame,- mf Salvation to th' almighty Name, 247 mp 1 AVAI л HYMN 247, L. M. The Road to Life, and to Death. BROAD is the road that leads to death, With here and there a traveler. 2 "Deny thyself and take thy cross," And makes his own destruction sure. 248 m 1 mp p mf HYMN 248, S. M. Uncertainty of Life. TO-MORROW, Lord! is thine,- 2 The present moment flies, And bears our life away; 3 Since, on this fleeting hour, Awaken, by thy mighty power, 4 One thing demands our care;- mf 5 To Jesus may we fly, Swift as the morning light, 249 aff མ Λ Ρ Lest life's young golden beams should die, CONVICTION. HYMN 249, S. M. The Sinner arrested. MY former hopes are fled, My terror now begins; 2 Ah! whither shall I fly ?— Where seek for mercy's door? I dread th' impending doom; While yet some friendly whisper says,"Flee from the wrath to come!" aff 4 Oh! that I now might see p> 250 af 1 Some glimmering from afar,- WHY HYMN 250, 7s and 6s. The Sinner disquieted. HY sinks my soul desponding, With gloom and sadness fraught ? My earthly joys have perished;- mf 3 If inward, still inquiring, 4 My soul! from this dread anguish, 251 1 'T is guilt that makes thee languish, LOR HYMN 251, C. M. Conviction by the Law. ORD! how secure my conscience was, I was alive without the law, And thought my sins were dead. 2 My hopes of heaven were firm and bright; With a convincing power and light, 3 My guilt appeared but small before, How perfect, holy, just, and pure, 4 Then felt my soul the heavy load, 5 My God! I cry, with every breath, HYMN 252, L. M. The Strivings of the Spirit. SAY, sinner! hath a voice within V A Urged thee to leave the ways of sin, And yield thy heart to God's control? 2 Sinner! it was a heavenly voice,It was the Spirit's gracious call; It bade thee make the better choice, And haste to seek in Christ thine all. 3 Spurn not the call to life and light; Regard, in time, the warning kind; 4 God's Spirit will not always strive 253 mp 1 Thy last accepted time may be: HYMN 253, S. M. Man condemned before God, H! how shall fallen man 2 If he our ways should mark, Could we, for one of thousand faults, 3 All-seeing, powerful God! Who can with thee contend? Or who, that tries th' unequal strife, mf 4 The mountains, in thy wrath, p VA The trembling earth deserts her place, 5 Ah! how shall guilty man Contend with such a God? None-none can meet him, and escape, But through the Saviour's blood. |