AWAKENING. 327 THO The voice that wakes the dead. C. M. HOU Son of God, whose flaming eyes Which now to thee we give. 2 We bow before thy gracious throne, 3 Is here a soul that knows thee not, 4 Convince him now of unbelief; And fill his heart with sacred grief, And penitential pain. 5 Speak, with that voice that wakes the dead, And bid the sleeper rise; And bid his guilty conscience dread The death that never dies. 328 COM The hammer of God's Word. C. M. YOME, O thou all-victorious Lord, 2 O that we all might now begin 3 Give us ourselves and thee to know, Fill every soul with sacred grief, 329 The accepted time. L. M. WH WHILE life prolongs its precious light, Mercy is found, and peace is given; But soon, ah, soon, approaching night Shall blot out every hope of heaven. 2 While God invites, how blest the day! How sweet the Gospel's charming sound! Come, sinners, haste, O haste away, While yet a pard'ning God is found. 3 Soon, borne on time's most rapid wing, Shall death command you to the grave,Before His bar your spirits bring, And none be found to hear or save. 4 In that lone land of deep despair, No Sabbath's heavenly light shall rise,— No God regard your bitter prayer, No Saviour call you to the skies. 5 Now God invites; how blest the day! How sweet the Gospel's charming sound! Come, sinners, haste, O haste away, While yet a pard'ning God is found. 330 To-day the accepted time. Now is the day of grace; OW is the' accepted time, S. M. Now, sinners, come without delay, 2 Now is the' accepted time, 331 A To-day. LL yesterday is gone; 332 WH Boast not thyself of to-morrow. S. M. C. M. HY should we boast of time to come, This hour may fix our final doom, Though strong, and young, and gay. 2 The present we should now redeem; This only is our own; The past, alas! is all a dream; The future is unknown. 3 0, think what vast concerns depend When life and all its cares shall end 4 0 for that power which melts the heart, And lifts the soul on high, Where sin, and grief, and death depart, 5 There we with ecstasy shall fall Before Immanuel's feet; 333 5th P. M. 4 lines 7s. The danger of delay. HASTEN, sinner, to be wise! Stay not for the morrow's sun: Stay not for the morrow's sun, Ere the morrow is begun. 334 ST No peace to the wicked. NINNERS, the voice of God regard; 'Tis mercy speaks to-day; He calls you by his sacred word From sin's destructive way. C. M. 2 Like the rough sea that cannot rest A thousand stings within your breast 3 Your way is dark, and leads to hell: Can you in endless torments dwell, 4 Why will you in the crooked ways In pain you travel all your days, 5 But he that 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 sov'reign Lord, 335 0 The horrors of the second death. WHERE shall rest be found,- S. M. "Twere vain the ocean's depths to sound, Or pierce to either pole. 2 The world can never give 3 Beyond this vale of tears 4 There is a death, whose pang 5 Thou God of truth and grace! |