418.
Invitation to Sinners.
1
Come, sinner! leave thy ways,
Thou hast no joy therein;
Join in the Saviour's praise!
This hour the song begin!
He waits to melt thy heart of stone!
He longs the wandering sheep to own!
2
Worship thy God and King,
Give him thy loudest breath;
His service leaves no sting,
But Satan's leads to death!
Thy pitying Lord invites and chides,
Fly to the refuge love provides!
3
Thou yet art out of hell,
Confess the Saviour's name!
How terrible to dwell
With the devouring flame!
Banish'd from heaven, from joy, from day!
And be the hopeless cast-away!
4
Have pity on thy soul!
Howe'er by sin depraved!
Come, wash and be made whole!
Come, trust, and be thou saved!
The vilest may in Christ confide!
For whom he bled, for whom he died!
5
To Jesus, cast thine eye!
Thy hands imploring spread!
In faith, for mercy, cry!
And plead the blood he shed!
The bond and free, the halt and blind,
May fly to Christ and safety find!
