3 Bow, ere the awful trumpet sound,
And call you to his bar;
For mercy knows the appointed bound,
And turns to vengeance there.
4 Amazing love, that yet will call,
And yet prolong our days!
Our hearts, subdued by goodness, fall,
And weep, and love, and praise.
96. Warning. L. M.
1 Sinner, O why so thoughtless grown;
Why in such dreadful haste to die,
Daring to leap to worlds unknown,
Heedless against thy God to fly!
2 Wilt thou despise eternal fate,
Urged on by sin's delusive dreams,
Madly attempt th' infernal gate,
And force thy passage to the flames?
3 Stay, sinner, on the gospel plains;
Behold the God of love unfold
The glories of his dying pains,
For ever telling, yet untold!
97. Warning to prepare for Death. C.M. 1 Vain man, thy fond pursuits forbearRepent! thy end is nigh!
Death, at the farthest, can't be far;
Oh, think before thou die!
2 Reflect-thou hast a soul to save:
Thy sins, how high they mount!
What are thy hopes beyond the grave?
How stands that dread account?
3 Death enters, and there's no defence:
His time, there's none can tell:
He'll in a moment call thee hence,
To heaven-or to hell!
4 Thy flesh, perhaps thy chiefest care,
Shall crawling worms consume;
But, ah! destruction stops not there-
Sin kills beyond the tomb.
5 To-day the Gospel calls-to-day,
Sinners, it speaks to you:
Let every one forsake his way,
And mercy will ensue.
98. To-Day. 7's.
1 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.
2 Haste, and mercy now implore;
Stay not for the morrow's sun;
Thy probation may be o'er,
Ere this evening's work is done.
3 Haste, while yet thou canst be blest:
Stay not for the morrow's sun:
Death may e'en thy soul arrest
Ere the morrow is begun.
99. The accepted Time. C. M.
1 To-morrow, Lord, is thine,
Lodg'd in thy sov'reign hand;
And, if its sun arise and shine,
It shines by thy command.
2 The present moment flies,
And bears our life away;
Oh, make thy servants truly wise,
That they may live to-day.
3 Since on this winged hour
Eternity is hung,
Waken, by thy almighty power,
The aged and the young.
4 One thing demands our care;
Oh, be it still pursu'd—
Lest, slighted once, the season fair
Should never be renew'd-
97. Warning to prepare for Death. C.M. 1 Vain man, thy fond pursuits forbearRepent! thy end is nigh!
Death, at the farthest, can't be far;
Oh, think before thou die!
2 Reflect-thou hast a soul to save:
Thy sins, how high they mount!
What are thy hopes beyond the grave?
How stands that dread account?
3 Death enters, and there's no defence:
His time, there's none can tell:
He'll in a moment call thee hence,
To heaven-or to hell!
4 Thy flesh, perhaps thy chiefest care,
Shall crawling worms consume;
But, ah! destruction stops not there—
Sin kills beyond the tomb.
5 To-day the Gospel calls-to-day,
Sinners, it speaks to you:
Let every one forsake his way,
And mercy will ensue.
98. To-Day. 7's.
1 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.
2 Haste, and mercy now implore; Stay not for the morrow's sun; Thy probation may be o'er,
Ere this evening's work is done.
3 Haste, while yet thou canst be blest:
Stay not for the morrow's sun:
Death may e'en thy soul arrest
Ere the morrow is begun.
99. The accepted Time. C. M.
1 To-morrow, Lord, is thine,
Lodg'd in thy sov'reign hand;
And, if its sun arise and shine,
It shines by thy command.
2 The present moment flies,
And bears our life away;
Oh, make thy servants truly wise,
That they may live to-day.
3 Since on this winged hour
Eternity is hung,
Waken, by thy almighty power,
The aged and the young.
4 One thing demands our care;
Oh, be it still pursu❜d—
Lest, slighted once, the season fair
Should never be renew'd-
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