4 Why will you be starving, and feeding on air?
There"s mercy in Jesus, enough and to spare; If still you are doubting, make trial and see.
And prove that his mercy is boundless and free.
Josiah Hopkins, 1830.
216 Goshen. 11s.
_Danger of Delay._ (470)
Delay not, delay not; oh, sinner! draw near; The waters of life are now flowing for thee; No price is demanded, the Savior is here, Redemption is purchased, salvation is free.
2 Delay not, delay not; why longer abuse The love and compa.s.sion of Jesus, thy G.o.d?
A fountain is opened,--how canst thou refuse To wash, and be cleansed in his pardoning blood?
3 Delay not, delay not, oh, sinner! to come, For mercy still lingers and calls thee to-day; Her voice is not heard in the vale of the tomb,-- Her message, unheeded, will soon pa.s.s away.
4 Delay not, delay not; the Spirit of grace, Long grieved and resisted, may take its sad flight; And leave thee in darkness to finish thy race,-- To sink in the vale of eternity"s night.
Thomas Hastings, 1831.
217 He is Calling. 8s & 7s.
_Divine Sympathy._ (477)
There"s a wideness in G.o.d"s mercy, Like the wideness of the sea; There"s a kindness in his justice, Which is more than liberty.
Ref.--He is calling, "Come to me;"
Lord, I"ll gladly haste to thee.
2 There"s no place where earthly sorrows Are more felt than up in heaven; There"s no place where earthly failings Have such kindly judgment given.
3 For the love of G.o.d is broader Than the measure of man"s mind, And the heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind.
4 But we make his love too narrow, By false limits of our own; And we magnify his strictness With a zeal he will not own.
5 Pining souls, come nearer Jesus; Come, but come not doubting thus; Come with faith that trusts more freely His great tenderness for us.
6 If our love were but more simple, We should take him at his word; And our lives would be all sunshine In the sweetness of our Lord.
Frederick Faber, _ab._
218 Come to Jesus.
(478)
Come to Jesus, come to Jesus, Come to Jesus just now, Just now come to Jesus, Come to Jesus just now.
2 He will save you.
3 Oh, believe him.
4 He is able.
5 He is willing.
6 He"ll receive you.
7 Call upon him.
8 He will hear you.
9 Look unto him.
10 He"ll forgive you.
11 Flee to Jesus.
12 He will cleanse you.
13 He will clothe you.
14 Jesus loves you.
15 Don"t reject him.
16 Only trust him.
17 Hallelujah. Amen.
219 Who"ll Be the Next? P.M.
_Delay Deplored._
Who"ll be the next to follow Jesus?
Who"ll be the next the cross to bear?
Someone is ready, someone is waiting; Who"ll be the next a crown to wear?
Ref.--Who"ll be the next? Who"ll be the next?
Who"ll be the next to follow Jesus?
Who"ll be the next to follow Jesus now?
Follow Jesus now?
2 Who"ll be the next to follow Jesus-- Follow his weary, bleeding feet?
Who"ll be the next to lay ev"ry burden Down at the Father"s mercy-seat?