Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
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: 20
Page Number: 025, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSinners, the voice of God regard;
His mercy speaks today:
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 stings within your breast,
Deprive your souls of ease.
Your way is dark and leads to hell,
Why will you persevere?
Can you in endless torment dwell,
Shut up on black despair?
Why will you, in the crooked ways
Of sin and folly go?
In pain you travel all your days,
To reap eternal 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 sov'reign Lord,
And learn his will divine.
His love exceeds your highest thoughts;
He is a pard'ning God;
He will forgive your numerous faults,
Through a Redeemer's blood.