Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: Sinners the voice of God regard
Topic: Awakening
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 16
Page Number: 017, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSinners, the voice of God regard;
His mercy speaks to-day;
He calls you by his sov'reign word,
From sin's destructive way.
Like the rough sea, that cannot rest,
You live devoid of peace;
A thousand things within your breast,
Deprives your soul of ease.
Your way is dark and leads to hell,
Why will you persevere?
Can you in endless torments dwell,
Shut up in black despair?
Why will you, in the crooked ways
Of sin and folly go?
In pain you travel all your days,
To reap immortal wo.
But he that turns to God shall live,
Through his abounding grace;
His mercy will the guilt forgive,
Of those that seek his face.
Bow to the sceptre of his word,
Renouncing every sin,
Submit to him, your sovereign Lord,
And learn his will divine.
His love exceeds your highest thoughts,
He pardons like a God;
He will forgive your numerous faults,
Through a Redeemer's blood.