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Hymn: Let ev'ry mortal ear attend (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book

Date: 1829

Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams

Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell

First Line: Let ev'ry mortal ear attend

Topic: Invitation

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: CM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 7

Page Number: 010, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Let ev'ry mortal ear attend,

And ev'ry heart rejoice;

The trumpet of the gospel sounds

With an inviting voice:

Ho!  All ye hungry, starving souls,

Who feed upon the wind,

And vainly strive, with earthly toys,

To fill an empty mind.



Eternal wisdom has prepar'd

A soul reviving feast,

And bids your longing appetites

The rich provision taste.



Ho!  Ye who pant for living streams,

And pine away and die;

Here you may quench your raging thirst,

With springs that never dry.



Rivers of love and mercy, here

In a rich ocean join;

Salvation in abundance flows,

Like floods of milk and wine.



Ye perishing and naked poor,

Who work with mighty pains

To weave a garment of your own,

That will not hide your stains -



Come naked, and adorn your souls

With righteousness divine;

This robe is spotless, rich, and free,

And lasting as the mind.



Dear God, the treasures of thy love

Are everlasting mines,

Deep as our helpless mis'ries are,

And boundless as our sins.



The happy gates of gospel grace,

Stand open night and day;

Lord, we are come to seek supplies,

And drive our wants away.