4 Let needy sinners pray, To heal the broken heart. 5 Since Jesus pleads above, 6 47 Then knock at mercy's gate, TH Prayer for Seriousness. HOU God of glorious majesty! An half-awaken'd child of man, 2 Lo! on a narrow neck of land, A point of time, a moment's space, P. M. 3 O God, mine inmost soul convert; And wake to righteousness! 4 Before me place, in dread array, When thou with clouds shalt come 5 Be this my one great business here, Thy holy counsel to fulfil, 6 Then, Saviour, then my soul receive, Where faith is sweetly lost in sight, 48 Terror from the Law, & Hope from the Gospel. S. M. MY former hopes are dead, My terror now begins; 2 3 4 5 I feel, alas! that I am dead Ah, whither shall I fly? The law proclaims destruction nigh, When I review my ways, 49 I see, or think I see, A glimm❜ring from afar; A beam of day that shines for me, Forerunner of the sun, I'll gaze upon And watch the rising day. A Sinner's Prayer. GOD of my salvation, hear, And help me to believe; Simply do I now draw near, But to thy wounds for refuge flee: P. M. 2 Nothing have I, Lord, to pay, For I, thou know'st, am poor; 3 Without money, without price, 50 SI Take, O take me as I am, And let me lose myself in thee: Pleading with God for mercy. P. M. RIGHTEOUS art thou, O God, yet let me plead, Permit the vilest of the fallen race, 2 As numerous as the stars, or countless sands, My faults, backslidings, and transgressions are; Yet look upon my Saviour's bleeding hands, 3 Bring not in judgment me, nor call to mind, 4 I blush as I approach thee, and confess Ne'er ask'd for mercy, or implor'd thy name. 5 Yet vile and filthy as I am I come, Thy gracious Spirit saith, "There still is room," Thro' all my guilt I make this pow'rful plea, Our Saviour dy'd to ransom such as me, 6 This makes me hope, yet makes my shame increase, 51 How could I grieve such love, or friend O cover all my sins in thy long vest, Distance from God. O THOU, whose tender mercy hears Contrition's humble cry; Whose hand, indulgent, wipes the tears 2 See, low before thy throne of grace, C. M. |