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Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

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

Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs

Date: 1834

Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson

Publisher/Printer: A Campbell

First Line: Let ev'ry mortal ear attend

Topic: Recruiting Songs

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

Composer:

Meter: CM

Tune:

Hymn Number: Song 66

Page Number: 142, 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 you hungry, starving souls,

Who feed upon the wind,

And vainly strive with earthly toys

To feed an empty mind:



Eternal Wisdom has prepar'd

A soul-reviving feast,

And bids your longing appetites

The rich provision taste.



Ho! you that 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.



Great God! the treasures of thy love

Are everlasting mines,

Deep as our helpless mis'ries are,

And boundless as our sins.



Thy happy gates of gospel grace

Stand open night and day:

Lord, we are come to seek supplies,

And drive our wants away.