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CALLED, BUT NOT CHOSEN.
“For I say unto you, that none of these men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.”
—Luke, xiv. 24.
“Precept on precept, line on line,”
The gospel's hallow'd page imparts,
Fraught with intelligence divine
To humble and obedient hearts.
The gospel's hallow'd page imparts,
Fraught with intelligence divine
To humble and obedient hearts.
Teaching, not only that the call
Of love divine hath been made known,
Appealing tenderly to all,
Whether, or not, its voice they own;
Of love divine hath been made known,
Appealing tenderly to all,
Whether, or not, its voice they own;
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But proving, truth beyond all price,
If wisely learnt, and timely weigh'd,
Even that call will not suffice,
Unless by man it be obeyed.
If wisely learnt, and timely weigh'd,
Even that call will not suffice,
Unless by man it be obeyed.
Are there not those who oft have heard
This call their waken'd hearts within,
Who still obedience have deferr'd,—
Wedded to earth—enslav'd by sin?
This call their waken'd hearts within,
Who still obedience have deferr'd,—
Wedded to earth—enslav'd by sin?
Before it be too late, O Lord!
Plead with us, though in judgment—plead,
That self and sin must be abhorr'd,
Ere at thy table we can feed.
Plead with us, though in judgment—plead,
That self and sin must be abhorr'd,
Ere at thy table we can feed.
Show that it can avail us nought,
But must our condemnation be,
To have been call'd, yet thereby brought
No nearer unto heaven and Thee.
But must our condemnation be,
To have been call'd, yet thereby brought
No nearer unto heaven and Thee.
Bring home the mournful language us'd
Here of each disobedient guest,
Who, call'd,—yet pray'd to be excus'd,
And, bidden, yet remain'd unblest.
Here of each disobedient guest,
Who, call'd,—yet pray'd to be excus'd,
And, bidden, yet remain'd unblest.
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