Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Let every mortal ear attend
Topic: The Gospel Invitations
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune: Importunity
Hymn Number: 212
Page Number: 082, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLet every mortal attend,
And every heart rejoice,
And every heart rejoice;
The trumpet of the gospel sounds,
With an inviting voice,
With an inviting voice,
With an inviting voice.
Ho! all you hungry, starving souls,
Who feed upon the wind,
And vainly strive with earthly toys
To fill an empty mind;
Eternal wisdom has prepared
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 may you 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 miseries 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.