University of Virginia Library

437.

[Not to surprise our Lord intends]

Elias truly shall first come, and restore all, &c. —xvii. 11.

Not to surprise our Lord intends,
But waken those to whom He sends,
And every gospel-harbinger
Should sinners for His grace prepare:
Repent, as charged by Him they say,
Repent, and find the living Way,
Lay down your arms, to Christ submit,
And gasp for mercy at His feet.