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288.

2 Haste, O sinner, to the Saviour! Seek his mercy while you may; Soon the day of grace is over; Soon your life will pass away: Haste, O sinner!

You must perish if you stay.

289.

1 SINNERS, Will you scorn the message,
Coming from the courts above?
Mercy beams in every passage;
Every line is full of love;
Oh! believe it,
Every line is full of love.

2 Now, the heralds of salvation,

Joyful news from heaven proclaim: Sinners freed from condemnation, Through the all-atoning Lamb! Life receiving Through the all-atoning Lamb. 3 O ye angels, hovering round us, Waiting spirits, speed your way;

Haste ye to the court of heaven,
Tidings bear without delay :
Rebel sinners

Glad the message will obey.
290.

1 COME, ye sinners, poor and wretched,
This is your accepted hour:
Jesus ready stands to save you,
Full of pity, love, and power:
He is able,

He is willing; doubt no more. 2 Agonizing in the garden,

Lo! the Saviour prostrate lies;
On the bloody tree behold him!
Hear him cry before he dies,
"It is finished !"

Sinners, will not this suffice?
3 Lo! th' incarnate God ascended
Pleads the merit of his blood;
Venture on him, venture wholly,
Let no other trust intrude:
None but Jesus

Can do helpless sinners good.

1 COME to Calvary's holy mountain,
Sinners, ruined by the fall!
Here a pure and healing fountain
Flows to you, to me, to all,-
In a full, perpetual tide,
Opened when our Saviour died.
2 Come, in sorrow and contrition,

Wounded, impotent, and blind!
Here the guilty, free remission,

Here the troubled, peace may find;
Health this fountain will restore,
He that drinks shall thirst no more-
3 He that drinks shall live forever;

'Tis a soul-renewing flood:
God is faithful; God will never

Break his covenant in blood,
Signed when our Redeemer died,
Sealed when he was glorified.
292.

1 WHEN I view my Saviour bleeding,
For my sins, upon the tree;
Oh! how wondrous!-how exceeding
Great his love appears to me!
Floods of deep distress and anguish,
To impede his labors, came;
Yet they all could not extinguish
Love's eternal, burning flame.
2 Now redemption is completed,
Full salvation is procured:
Death and Satan are defeated,
By the sufferings he endured.

Now the gracious Mediator,

Risen to the courts of bliss, Claims for me, a sinful creature, Pardon, righteousness, and peace.

3 Sure such infinite affection

Lays the highest claims to mine;
All my powers, without exception,
Should in fervent praises join.
Jesus, fit me for thy service;
Form me for thyself alone;
I am thy most costly purchase;
Take possession of thine own.

293.

1 COME, ye souls by sin afflicted,
Bowed with fruitless sorrow down,
By the perfect law convicted,
Through the cross behold the crown;
Look to Jesus;
Mercy flows through him alone.

2 Take his easy yoke, and wear it;
Love will make obedience sweet;
Christ will give you strength to bear it,
While his wisdom guides your feet
Safe to glory,

Where his ransomed captives meet.
3 Sweet as home to pilgrims weary,
Light to newly-opened eyes;
Or full springs in deserts dreary,
Is the rest the cross supplies;

All who taste it
Shall to rest immortal rise.

294.

? Just as I am, without one plea,
But that thy blood was shed for me,
And that thou bid'st me come to thee,
O Lamb of God, I come! I come!
Just as I am, and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot,
To thee whose blood can cleanse each spot,
O Lamb of God, I come! I come!
3 Just as I am, though tossed about
With many a conflict, many a doubt,
Fightings within, and fears without,
O Lamb of God, I come! I come!
4 Just as I am-poor, wretched, blind;
Sight, riches, healing of the mind,
Yea, all I need, in thee to find,
O Lamb of God, I come! I come!
5 Just as I'am-thou wilt receive,
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;
Because thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come! I come!
6 Just as I am-thy love unknown
Hath broken every barrier down;
Now, to be thine, yea, thine alone,
O Lamb of God, I come! I come!
295.

1 WITH tearful eyes I look around;
Life seems a dark and stormy sea;
Yet, 'mid the gloom, I hear a sound,
A heavenly whisper, "Come to me."

2 It tells me of a place of rest;
It tells me where my soul may flec:
Oh, to the weary, faint, oppressed,
How sweet the bidding, "Come to me!"
3 "Come, for all else must fail and die;
Earth is no resting-place for thee;
To heaven direct thy weeping eye,
I am thy portion; Come to me."
4 O voice of mercy! voice of love!
In conflict, grief, and agony,
Support me, cheer me from above!
And gently whisper, "Come to me."

296.

1 Gop of my life! thy boundless grace,
Chose, pardoned, and adopted me;
My rest, my home, my dwelling-place;
Father! I come, I come to thee.
2 Jesus, my hope, my rock, my shield!
Whose precious blood was shed for me,
Into thy hands my soul I yield;
Saviour! I come, I come to thee.

3 Spirit of glory and of God!

Long hast thou deigned my guide to be; Now be thy comfort sweet bestowed; My God! I come, I come to thec. 4 I come to join that countless host Who praise thy name unceasingly; Blest Father, Son, and Holy Ghost! My God! I come, I come to thee.