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2 But from his gospel beams
Instruction more divine:

There God unfolds an endless day;
There love and mercy shine.

3 There God reveals his laws,
So perfect and so pure;
And there is taught that fear of him,
Which ever shall endure.

4 There he instructs the wise,
Reclaims the wandering soul,
And brings to light those hidden joys
Which all our griefs control.

H. M. [#]

HYMN 255. H. M.

Gospel Day.

1 I SING the gospel day,

When Christ shall finish sin,
His wondrous love display,
And conquered rebels bring:
They prostrate fall,

And humbly own

That God, alone,

Is all in all.

2 The Saviour, Christ, must reign
Till all his foes submit,
And, saved by him from pain,

Shall worship at his feet;
Shall prostrate fall,

And humbly own

That God, alone,

Is all in all.

3 Then death itself shall die,
And life triumphant reign ;
No more shall sinners sigh
In darkness, guilt, and pain:
Prostrate they fall,

And humbly own
That God, alone,
Is all in all.

HYMN 256. L. M. [#]
Strains of Gospel Grace.

1 THE God who once to Israel spoke,
From Sinai's top, in fire and smoke,
In gentler strains of gospel grace
Invites us now to seek his face.

2 He wears no terrors on his brow;
He speaks in love, from Zion, now :
It is the voice of Jesus' blood

That calls us, wanderers, back to God.

3 God's servant, Moses, quaked and feared,
When Sinai's thundering law he heard ;
But gospel grace, with accents mild,
Speaks to the sinner as a child.

4 What other arguments can move
The heart that slights a Saviour's love?
O may that heavenly power be felt,
And cause the stony heart to melt.

HYMN 257. C. M. [#]
Gospel Trumpet.

1 LET every mortal ear attend,
And every heart rejoice;
The trumpet of the gospel sounds
With an inviting voice.

2 Ho, all ye hungry, starving souls,
That feed upon the wind,
And vainly strive with earthly toys
To fill an empty mind,-

3 Eternal Wisdom has prepared
A soul-reviving feast,
And bids our longing appetites
The rich provision taste.

4 Ho, ye that pant for living streams,
And pine away and die,

Here you may quench your raging thirst
With springs that never dry.

5 Dear Lord, the treasures of thy love
Are everlasting mines,
Deeper than all our miseries are,
More boundless than our sins.

6 The happy gates of gospel grace
Stand open night and day;

Lord, we are come to seek supplies,
And drive our wants away.

INVITATIONS.

HYMN 258. C. M. [#]

Christ's Invitation.

1 THE Saviour calls! let every ear
Attend the heavenly sound:
Ye doubting souls, dismiss your fear;
Hope smiles reviving round.

2 For every thirsty, longing heart,
Here streams of bounty flow;
And life, and health, and bliss impart
To banish mortal wo.

3 There springs of sacred pleasure rise To ease your every pain; Immortal fountain, full supplies!

Nor shall you thirst in vain.

4 Ye sinners, come; 'tis mercy's voice;
The gracious call obey;
Mercy invites to heavenly joys,
And can you yet delay ?

5 Dear Saviour, draw reluctant hearts; To thee let sinners fly,

And take the bliss thy love imparts,
And drink, and never die.

HYMN 259. S. M. [#]

Saviour's Voice.

1 HEAR what a Saviour's voice,
To sinners, does proclaim;
O, all ye ransomed souls, rejoice
Redeemer's name.

In your

2 Where sin and death have reigned, And all their power employed, There is his love and light maintained, And heavenly truth enjoyed.

3 The needy, starving poor

Are filled with living bread;
The opening of the prison door
Proclaims the captive freed.
4 The thirsty, panting soul,

That longs for springs of grace,
Beholds celestial waters roll,
And floods of righteousness.

5 My God, my Saviour too,

I would thy love proclaim,
Partake of what is brought to view,
And sing thy glorious name.

HYMN 260. C. M. [bor #]
Gospel Invitations.

1 YE wretched, hungry, starving poor,
Behold a royal feast,

Where mercy spreads her bounteous store For every humble guest.

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