2 Salvation! let the echo fly The s.p.a.cious earth around, While all the armies of the sky Conspire to raise the sound.
3 Salvation! O thou bleeding Lamb!
To Thee the praise belongs: Salvation shall inspire our hearts, And dwell upon our tongues.
Isaac Watts.
189 Dunbar. S.M.
_All Invited._ (446)
How, vast, how full, how free, The mercy of our G.o.d!
Proclaim the blessed news around, And spread it all abroad.
Cho.--I"m glad salvation"s free!
I"m glad salvation"s free!
Salvation"s free for you and me, I"m glad salvation"s free!
2 How vast! "whoever will"
May drink at mercy"s stream, And know that faith in Jesus brings Salvation now to him.
3 How full! it doth remove The stain of every sin; And makes the soul as white and pure, As though no sin had been.
4 Poor trembling sinner, come!
G.o.d waits to comfort thee, Come, cast thyself upon his love, So vast, so full, so free.
Vestry H. & T. Book.
190 Boylston. S.M.
_The Better Sacrifice._ (297)
Not all the blood of beasts, On Jewish altars slain, Could give the guilty conscience peace, Or wash away the stain.
2 But Christ, the heavenly Lamb, Takes all our sins away; A sacrifice of n.o.bler name, And richer blood than they.
3 My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of Thine, While like a penitent I stand, And there confess my sin.
4 My soul looks back to see The burden thou didst bear; While hanging on the cursed tree, And knows her guilt was there.
Isaac Watts
191 Jesus Saves. P.M.
_Atonement for All._
We have heard the joyful sound, Jesus saves, Jesus saves!
Spread the tidings all around, Jesus saves, Jesus saves!
Bear the news to ev"ry land, Climb the steeps and cross the waves; Onward! "tis our Lord"s command; Jesus saves, Jesus saves!
2 Waft it on the rolling tide, Jesus saves, Jesus saves!
Tell to sinners far and wide, Jesus saves, Jesus saves!
Sing, ye islands of the sea, Echo back, ye ocean caves; Earth shall keep her jubilee; Jesus saves, Jesus saves!
3 Sing above the battle strife, Jesus saves, Jesus saves!
By his death and endless life, Jesus saves, Jesus saves!
Sing it softly thro" the gloom, When the heart for mercy craves; Sing in triumph o"er the tomb, Jesus saves, Jesus saves!
4 Give the winds a mighty voice, Jesus saves, Jesus saves!
Let the nations now rejoice, Jesus saves, Jesus saves!
Shout salvation full and free, Highest hills and deepest caves; This our song of victory, Jesus saves, Jesus saves!
Priscilla J. Owens.
192 Boylston. S.M.
_Ark of Salvation._
Like Noah"s weary dove That soared the earth around, But not a resting place above The cheerless waters found,
2 Oh, cease, my wandering soul, On restless wing to roam; All the wide world, to either pole, Has not for thee a home.
3 Behold the ark of G.o.d, Behold the open door; Hasten to gain that dear abode, And rove, my soul, no more.
4 There safe thou shalt abide, There sweet shall be thy rest, And every longing satisfied, With full salvation blessed.
Wm. A. Muhlenberg.
193 Christ Receiveth Sinful Men. 7s.
_A Joyful Message._
Sinners Jesus will receive; Sound this word of grace to all Who the heavenly pathway leave, All who linger, all who fall.
Ref.--Sing it o"er and o"er again; Christ receiveth sinful men, Make the message clear and plain: Christ receiveth sinful men.
2 Come, and he will give you rest; Trust him for his word is plain; He will take the sinfulest; Christ receiveth sinful men.
3 Now my heart condemns me not, Pure before the law I stand; He who cleansed me from all spot, Satisfied its last demand.
4 Christ receiveth sinful men, Even me with all my sin; Purged from every spot and stain, Heaven with him I"ll enter in.
Arr. from Neumaster, 1671.
194 Depth of Mercy. 7s.