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AN INVITATION.
(MISSION HYMN.)
“This man receiveth sinners.”
Come, hearts that are blighted and broken and bruised;
Come, spirits benighted, rejected, refused;
Come, look on your Saviour! Behold Him, He stands
With a wound in His heart, and a world in His hands.
Come, spirits benighted, rejected, refused;
Come, look on your Saviour! Behold Him, He stands
With a wound in His heart, and a world in His hands.
Come now, ye transgressors through force and through fraud;
Come now, ye oppressors, and look on your Lord;
Oh come, ye deceivers; oh come, ye deceived;
Come slave and come tyrant; come, grieving and grieved.
Come now, ye oppressors, and look on your Lord;
Oh come, ye deceivers; oh come, ye deceived;
Come slave and come tyrant; come, grieving and grieved.
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Come, men who are mighty to curse and revile;
Come, women whose lips have forgot how to smile;
Come, bond-slaves, come sin-slaves, come drunkards, come thieves;
Come hither to Jesus; 'tis such He receives.
Come, women whose lips have forgot how to smile;
Come, bond-slaves, come sin-slaves, come drunkards, come thieves;
Come hither to Jesus; 'tis such He receives.
Come, outcast, abandoned, of devils the prey;
Come, now unto One that is stronger than they;
Come, dwellers in darkness; come, neighbours to hell,
Where man dare not enter, the Spirit can dwell.
Come, now unto One that is stronger than they;
Come, dwellers in darkness; come, neighbours to hell,
Where man dare not enter, the Spirit can dwell.
And fear not, though Legion should still be their name,
Deeds nameless, deeds shameless, that bring you to shame;
Oh, fear not, poor sinners, let this be your fear,—
To miss the kind Saviour who waits for you here.
Deeds nameless, deeds shameless, that bring you to shame;
Oh, fear not, poor sinners, let this be your fear,—
To miss the kind Saviour who waits for you here.
For all your distresses, excesses, and need,
His love and his pity unceasingly plead,
Your deepest demerit His blood can efface;
Come, sinners, inherit the treasure of grace!
His love and his pity unceasingly plead,
Your deepest demerit His blood can efface;
Come, sinners, inherit the treasure of grace!
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Yea, if there be any who bear a dark stain
On brow and on bosom, the blood-mark of Cain,
'Tis Abel who loves you, 'tis Abel who pleads;
For the brother who slew him He now intercedes.
On brow and on bosom, the blood-mark of Cain,
'Tis Abel who loves you, 'tis Abel who pleads;
For the brother who slew him He now intercedes.
Come, kneeling before Him, adore Him, and grow
More pure than the sunbeam, more white than the snow;
He chose you, come, choose Him your Saviour, who died;
Fear only to lose Him; fear nothing beside!
More pure than the sunbeam, more white than the snow;
He chose you, come, choose Him your Saviour, who died;
Fear only to lose Him; fear nothing beside!
September 8.
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