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Lest life's young golden beams should die,
In sudden, endless night.

CONVICTION.

HYMN 249, S. M.

The Sinner arrested.

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My terror now begins;
My guilty soul, alas! is "dead
In trespasses and sins."

2 Ah! whither shall I fly ?

Where seek for mercy's door?
The law proclaims destruction nigh,
And justice armed with power.

3 When I review my ways,

I dread th' impending doom;

While yet some friendly whisper says,"Flee from the wrath to come!"

4 Oh! that I now might see

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Some glimmering from afar,—
Some beam of hope to dawn on me,
And save me from despair.

WHY

HYMN 250, 7s and 6s.

The Sinner disquieted.

HY sinks my soul desponding,
Why fill my eyes with tears,
While nature all-surrounding
The smile of beauty wears?
Why, burdened now with sorrow,
Is every lab'ring thought?
Each vision that I borrow,

With gloom and sadness fraught?
2 The pleasures that deceived me
My soul no more can charm;
Of rest they oft bereaved me,
And filled me with alarm;
The objects, I have cherished,
Are empty as the wind;
My earthly joys have perished ;--
What comfort shall I find?

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3 If inward, still inquiring,
I turn my searching eye,
Or upward, now aspiring,
I raise my feeble cry,
No heavenly light is beaming,
To cheer my troubled breast,
No ray of comfort gleaming,
To give my spirit rest.

4 My soul! from this dread anguish,
Is there no refuge nigh?

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'T is guilt that makes thee languish,
And leaves thee thus to die:
Renounce thy sin and folly
Before the throne of grace;
And make the Lord, most holy,
Thy strength and righteousness.

HYMN 251, C. M.

Conviction by the Law.

1 LORD! how secure my conscience was,

And felt no inward dread!

I was alive without the law,

And thought my sins were dead.

2 My hopes of heaven were firm and bright;
But, since the precept came,

With a convincing power and light,
I find how vile I am.

3 My guilt appeared but small before,
Till terribly I saw-

How perfect, holy, just, and pure,
Is thine eternal law.

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I have provoked a dreadful God,
And all my hopes are slain.

5 My God! I cry, with every breath,
For some kind power to save,—
To break the yoke of sin and death,
And thus redeem the slave.

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SAY

HYMN 252, L. M.

The Strivings of the Spirit.

AY, sinner! hath a voice within
Oft whispered to thy secret soul,

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Urged thee to leave the ways of sin,
And yield thy heart to God's control?
2 Sinner! it was a heavenly voice,—
It was the Spirit's gracious call;
It bade thee make the better choice,
And haste to seek in Christ thine all.
3 Spurn not the call to life and light;

Regard, in time, the warning kind;
That call thou may'st not always slight,
And yet the gate of mercy find.

4 God's Spirit will not always strive
With hardened, self-destroying man ;
Ye, who persist his love to grieve,
May never hear his voice again.
5 Sinner! perhaps, this very day,
Thy last accepted time may be:
Oh! should'st thou grieve him now away,
Then hope may never beam on thee.

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HYMN 253, S. M.

Man condemned before God.

H! how shall fallen man

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Be just before his God?
If he contend in righteousness,
We fall beneath his rod.

2 If he our ways should mark,
With strict inquiring eyes,

Could we, for one of thousand faults,
A just excuse devise?

3 All-seeing, powerful God!

Who can with thee contend?

Or who, that tries th' unequal strife,
Shall prosper in the end?

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Their ancient seats forsake;

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The trembling earth deserts her place,
Her rooted pillars shake.

5 Ah! how shall guilty man

Contend with such a God?

None-none can meet him, and escape,
But through the Saviour's blood.

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HYMN 254, S. M.
The evil Heart.

STONISHED and distressed,
I turn mine eyes within;

My heart with loads of guilt oppressed,
The seat of every sin.

2 What crowds of evil thoughts,
What vile affections there!
Distrust, presumption, artful guile,
Pride, envy, slavish fear!

3 Almighty King of saints!

These hateful sins subdue;
Dispel the darkness from my mind,
And all my powers renew.
4 This done,-my cheerful voice
Shall loud hosannas raise;

My soul shall glow with gratitude,-
My lips pronounce thy praise.

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INVITING.

HYMN 225, C. M.
The Saviour's Invitation.

THE Saviour calls; let every ear
Attend the heavenly sound;

Ye doubting souls! dismiss your fear,
Hope smiles reviving round.

2 For every thirsty, longing heart,
Here streams of bounty flow,

And life, and health, and bliss impart,
To banish mortal woe.

3 Ye sinners! come; 'tis mercy's voice;
The gracious call obey;

Mercy invites to heavenly joys,—
And can you yet delay?

4 Dear Saviour! draw reluctant hearts;
To thee let sinners fly,

And take the bliss thy love imparts,

And drink, and never die.

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HYMN 256, L. M.

-Rest for the weary Penitent.

COME, weary souls! with sin distressed,

Come, and accept the promised rest;
The Saviour's gracious call obey,
And cast your gloomy fears away.
2 Here, mercy's boundless ocean flows,
To cleanse your guilt and heal your woes;
Pardon and life, and endless peace;—
How rich the gift, how free the grace!
3 Lord! we accept, with thankful heart,
The hope thy gracious words impart;
We come, with trembling;-yet rejoice,
And bless the kind inviting voice.
4 Dear Saviour! let thy powerful love
Confirm our faith,-our fears remove;
Oh! sweetly reign in every breast,
And guide us to eternal rest.

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HYMN 257, C. M.

The Gospel Trumpet.

ET every mortal ear attend,
And every heart rejoice;
The trumpet of the gospel sounds,
With an inviting voice.

2 Ho! all ye hungry, starving souls,
That feed upon the wind,

And vainly strive, with earthly toils,
To fill th' immortal mind!-

3 Eternal wisdom has prepared
A soul-reviving feast,

And bids your longing appetites
The rich provision taste.

4 Ho! ye that pant for fiving streams,
And pine away and die!

Here you may quench your raging thirst
With springs that never dry.

5 Rivers of love and mercy, here,
In a rich ocean join;

Salvation in abundance flows,
Like floods of milk and wine.

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