1 WHEN sinners quit their wicked ways, Their evil thoughts forego,
The God to whom their steps return Returning grace will show.
2 He pardons with o'erflowing love; For, hear the voice divine :- 'My nature is not like to yours, Nor like your ways are mine.
3 But far as heaven's resplendent orbs Beyond this earth extend;
So far my thoughts, so far my ways Your thoughts and ways transcend.
4 'Like as the showers from heaven distil, Nor thither rise again,
But swell the earth with fruitful juice, And all its tribes sustain;
5'So not a word that flows from me Shall ineffectual fall;
But universal nature prove Obedient to my call.
6 'Where briers grew in barren wilds, Shall firs and myrtles spring;
And nature, through her utmost bounds, Eternal praises sing.'
Come now, and let us reason together.'
1 COME, sinners,' saith the mighty God, 'Heinous as all your crimes have been, Lo! I descend from mine abode
To reason with the sons of men.
2 No clouds of darkness veil my face, No fearful lightnings flash around; I come with words of life and peace:- Where sin hath reigned, let grace abound.' 3 Yes, Lord, we will obey thy call, And to thy gracious sceptre bow; O make our crimson sins like wool, Our scarlet crimes as white as snow. 4 So shall our thankful lips repeat Thy praises with a tuneful voice, While humbly prostrate at thy feet, We wonder, tremble, and rejoice.
1 FORGIVENESS! 'tis a joyful sound To sinners of so deep a dye! Publish the bliss the world around,- Ye seraphs, shout it from the sky!
2 'Tis the rich gift of love divine; 'Tis full, out-measuring every crime. Unclouded shall its glories shine,
And know no change by changing time
3 O'er sins unnumbered as the sand, And like the mountains for their size The seas of sovereign grace expand-... The seas of sovereign grace arise.
4 For this stupendous love of heaven, What grateful honor shall we show? Where much transgression is forgiven, Let love in equal ardors glow.
5 By this inspired, let all our days With various holiness be crowned;
Let truth and goodness, prayer and praise In all abide, in all abound.
'Who is a pardoning God like Thee!'
1 GREAT God of wonders! all thy ways Are matchless, godlike and divine; But the bright glories of thy grace More godlike and unrivalled shine. Who is a pardoning God like thee! O, who has grace so rich and free!
2 Sins of such baseness to forgive, Such thankless, guilty worms to spare,— This is thy grand prerogative, And none shall in the honor share. Who is a pardoning God like thee! O, who has grace so rich and free!
3 In wonder lost, with trembling joy, We take the pardon of our God; Pardon for sins of deepest dye,
A pardon sealed with Jesus' blood. Who is a pardoning God like thee! O, who has grace so rich and free!
4 0 may this great, this matchless grace, This godlike miracle of love,
Fill the wide earth with grateful praise, And all th' angelic choirs above! Who is a pardoning God like thee! O, who has grace so rich and free!
CONFESSION AND PENITENCE.
A Penitent pleading for Pardon. Ps. 51.
1 Snow pity, Lord; O Lord, forgive; Let a repenting rebel live;
Are not thy mercies large and free? May not a sinner trust in thee?
2 My sins are great, but not surpass The power and glory of thy grace: Great God, thy nature hath no bound,— So let thy pardoning love be found.
3 0 wash my soul from every sin, And make my guilty conscience clean; Here on my heart the burden lies, And past offences pain mine eyes.
4 My lips with shame my sins confess Against thy law, against thy grace; Lord, should thy judgment grow severe, I am condemned, but thou art clear.
5 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord, Whose hope, still hovering round thy word, Would light on some sweet promise there, Some sure support against despair.
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