119 7s. Hotham 224. Bath Abbey 147. Compel them to come in, Luke xiv. 23. 1 LORD, how large thy bounties are, Tender, gracious, sinner's friend! What a feast dost thou prepare, Now compel them to come in. 2 Rushing on the downward road, n Sinners no compulsion need; Glory to forsake, and God; See they run with rapid speed Draw them back by love divine; With thy grace their spirits win: 3 Thus their willing souls compel, I Every, &c. Thus their happy minds constrain From the ways of death and hell, Home to God, and grace again: Stretch that conquering arm of thine, I Once outstretch'd to bleed for sin: Every, &c. 120 C. M. Huddersfield 202. Wiltshire 110. Missionary 257. 1 The Saviour's Invitation, John vii. 37. THE Saviour calls-let every ear Ye doubting souls, dismiss your fear, 2 For every thirsty longing heart Here streams of bounty flow: 3 Heré springs of sacred pleasure rise 121 4 Ye sinners, come; 'tis mercy's voice, Mercy invites to heavenly joys. 5 Dear Saviour, draw reluctant hearts! And take the bliss thy love imparts; And drink and never die. STEELE, (1st P.) 8.8.6. Chatham 59.HC Broadmead 150. Westbury Leigh 278. Whosoever will, let him come, Rev. xxii. 17, 1 YE scarlet-colour'd sinners! come; What are your crimes of crimson hue? He'll wash you white as snow. 2 Backsliders! fill'd with your own ways, His lovely face, and sweetly heal 3 Tried souls! look up-he says, 'tis I- The Lord has giv'n the chiefest good, 4 Ye tender souls! draw hither too, 121 (2d P.) C. M. Cambridge New 74. 74. Missionary 257. The Invitation of Wisdom. 1 LO! wisdom stands with smiling face, And courts us to her arms; 3 Eternal pleasures fill her train, Come, drink of bliss unmix'd with pain, 4 Immortal crowns she now displays, 121 (3d P.) L.M. Ulverston 179. Portugal 97, The Invitation of Wisdom accepted, Rev. iii. 17. 1 I HEAR the counsel of a friend, And to his soothing voice attend; Come, sinners, wretched, blind, and poor, For freely I my blessings give! 5 Like Bartimeus, now to thee A 6 Here, wretched, poor, and blind I come ;* O let me not return the same; Let me depart, all-gracious Lord!! • Or read, If wretched, poor, and blind, &c. 1 122 L.M. Green's Hundred 89. Wareham 117. The first Promise, Gen. iii. 15. 1 WHEN, by the tempter's wiles betray'd, Unknown before, a pleasure spread 4 Thus God declares; and Christ descends,) His power the Prince of Darkness feels, 123 L. M. Lebanon 79. Islington 40. 1 AFFLICTED saint, to Christ draw near, His faithful word declares to thee That, as thy days, thy strength shall be. 5 When call'd to bear the weighty cross, Or sore affliction, pain, or loss, Or deep distress, or poverty Still, as thy days, thy strength shall be. 6 When ghastly death appears in view, Christ's presence shall thy fears subdue; He comes to set thy spirit free; And, as thy days, thy strength shall be. DR. FAWCETT. 124 C. M. Great Milton 212. Matthew's 34. 1 Fear not, for I am with thee, Isaiah xli. 10. AND art thou with us, gracious Lord, Dost thou proclaim thyself our God, 2 Dost thou a father's bowels feel And in such friendly accents speak 3 Why droop our hearts, why flow our eyes, While such a voice we hear? Why rise our sorrows and our fears, |