0126 Come, ye thirsty, come and welcome; God's free bounty glorify:
True belief, and true repentance, I
Every grace that brings us nigh-
Without money,
Come to Jesus Christ, and buy..
3 Let not conscience make you linger; Nor of fitness fondly dream:
All the fitness he requireth,
Is to feel your
This he gives you;
"Tis his Spirit's rising beam.
4 Come, ye weary, heavy laden,
Lost and ruin'd by the fall!
If you tarry till you're better,
You will never come at all:
Not the righteous,
Sinners, Jesus came to call.
5 View him prostrate in the garden;
On the ground your Maker lies!!
On the bloody tree behold him ;'
Hear him cry, before he dies,
It is finish'd!
Sinner, will not this suffice?
6 Lo, th' incarnate God ascended,
Pleads the merit of his blood:
Venture on him, venture wholly,
Let no other trust intrude;
None but Jesus'
Can do helpless sinners good.
7.Saints and angels, join'd in concert,
Sing the praises of the Lamb;
While the blissful seats of heaven
Sweetly echo with his name!
Hallelujah!
Sinners here may sing the same.
115 (2d P.) 8.74. Helmsley 223. Painswick 162. The Gospel Message; or, Reconciliation to God.
SINNERS, you are now addressed
In the name of Christ our Lord;
He hath sent a message to you,
Pay attention to his word;
He hath sent it,
Pay attention to his word.
2 Think what you have all been doing,
Think what rebels you have been;
You have spent your lives in nothing
But in adding sin to sin:
One continued scene of sin.
3 Yet your long abused Sovereign
Sends to you a message mild,
Loth to execute his vengeance,
Prays you to be reconcil'd:
Hear him woo you,-
Sinners, now be reconciled.
4 Pardon now is freely publish'd
Thro' the Mediator's blood;
Who hath died to make atonement
And appease the wrath of God!
Wond'rous mercy!
See, it flows through Jesu's blood!
5 In his name, you are entreated
To accept this act of grace;"
This the day of your acceptance,
Listen to the terms of peace:-
O delay not,
Listen to the terms of peace.
6 Having thus, then, heard the message,
All with heavenly mercy fraught;
Go and tell the gracious Jesus
If you will be sav'd or not
Say, poor sinner,
Will you now be sav❜d or not?
115 (3P)LM. Gould's 272. Lewton 30.
Why will ye die? Ezek. xxxiii. 10.0966
HY, thoughtless sinner, wilt thou die?
Can the infernal regions charm?
Or wilt thou yet believe the lie,
That sin can do thy soul no harm?? 2 God has pronounc'd the sinner's doom; In ruin soon his course must end
Wilt thou on peace in sin presume? 7
Or on what confidence depend? bed 1
3 Hast thou an arm like God most high,
In equal war with him to meet?
Canst thou his thunderbolts defy?
Or quench his flames beneath thy feet?
4 Deluded worm!-beware in time;
Now let the fatal contest cease;
Confess thy guilt, abhor thy crime,
And humbly sue for terms of peace..
5 Peace is proclaim'd! oh, bless the sound
Of pardon bought with blood divine:
God has himself the ransom found,
Which could atone for sins like thine.
6 Embrace him with ecstatic joyl "His praise proclaim with every breatha Who him reject their souls destroy; Who hate him are in love with death.
115 (4th P.) L. M. New Sabbath 122.
The unworthy not unwelcome, but made willing. 1 HOW sweet thy invitations be
But are they, Lord, for such as we , who transgressors are, a vile, And most unworthy of thy smile? 2 Unworthy of the ground we tread, The liquid drop, the crumb of bread; Of sight, of hearing, feeling, taste, Then much more of thy saving grace.
.03. But thou didst once a feast prepare,
And all around were welcome there;
Those who obey'd the festive call,
And those who would not come at all.
4 Yet, though we all unworthy be,
Are we unwelcome, Lord, to thee?
For thou invitest us to come,
And find in thee our blissful home.
5 We hail thy invitations, Lord,
These are our welcome in thy word;
But higher praise is yet thy due,
If thou hast made us willing too.
6 [Let others know th' attractive day,
And never more perversely say,
We WILL NOT come for life to Thee,
But, WE WILL to the Saviour flee.]
7 As all are welcome to thy grace,
Th' unworthiest of the human race;
Make thousands willing, Lord, we pray,
Draw them by cords of love to-day.
115 (5th P.) L.M.
115 (5th P.) L. M. China 300, Bampton 275.
The Samaritan Woman." Come, see a man, &c."
1 NOW if I visit Jacob's well,
And ask, while Christ himself is there,
a He'll freely give the vital stream,
Where he is, living waters are.
2 My fainting soul shall thirst no more
For sensual streams of bliss below,
When I have tasted those rich springs,
Which into life, and glory flow.
3 'Tis without money, without price,
My soul may richly take her fill;
None shall be empty sent away,
For all may come and draw that will,
4 I leave my pitcher at the well,
And haste my numerous friends to bring, 126
That we may all together go,
And drink of that delightful spring.
5 Lord, let them taste as I have done,
And then their ready cheerful feet
Will go, not for my word alone,
But go, because they find it sweet.
116 (1st P.) C. M. Worksop 31. Crowle 3. Let the wicked forsake his way, Isaiah lv, 7. 1 SINNERS, the voice of God regard; 'Tis mercy speaks to-day;
He calls you, by his sovereign word,
From Sin's destructive way.
2 Like the rough sea that cannot rest,
You live devoid of peace;
A thousand stings within your breast
Deprive your souls of ease.
3 Your way is dark and leads to hell;
Why will you persevere ?
Can you in endless torments dwell,
Shut up in black despair?
4 Why will you in the crooked ways
Of sin and folly go?
In pain you travel all your days
To reap immortal woe!
5. But he that turns to God shall live
Thro' his abounding grace:
His mercy will the guilt forgive
Of those that seek his face.
6 Bow to the sceptre of his word,
Renouncing every sin;
Submit to him, your sovereign Lord,
And learn his will divine.
7 His love exceeds your highest thoughts;
He pardons like a God;
He will forgive your numerous faults,
Thro' the Redeemer's blood..
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