106. Sinners entreated. C. M. 1 Sinners, the voice of God regard! His mercy speaks to-day; He calls you, by his sovereign word, 2 Like the rough sea that cannot rest, You live devoid of peace; A thousand stings within your breast 3 Your way is dark, and leads to hell; Why will you persevere ? Can you in endless torments dwell, 4 Why will you in the crooked ways In pain you travail all your days, То 5 But he who turns to God shall live, Through his abounding grace: His mercy will the guilt forgive 6 Bow to the sceptre of his word, Submit to him, your sovereign Lord, 7 His love exceeds your highest thoughts; He will forgive your numerous faults, Fawcett. 107. "Weighed in the balance." L. M. - 1 Raise, thoughtless sinner, raise thine eye, Behold the Judgment drawing nigh: Behold, the balance is display'd, And thou must be exactly weigh'd. 2 See in one scale God's holy law; Jesus for thee can turn the scale; 0 108. Sinner, Prepare to meet God. 7's. 1 Sinner, art thou still secure? When the world is wrapp'd in flame? Newton 109. The Alarm. 7 6. 1 Stop, poor sinner, stop and think, Will you sport upon the brink On the verge of ruin stop— 2 Say, have you an arm like God, Fear ye not that iron rod With which he breaks his foes? 3 Ghastly death will quickly come 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. 110. The Judgment. S. M. 1 And will the Judge descend? 2 And from his righteous lips Shall this dread sentence sound; 3 "Depart from me, accurs'd, 4 How will my heart endure When earth and heaven, before his face, 5 But ere that trumpet shakes 6 Ye sinners, seek his grace, Doddridge. |