Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Ah guilty sinner ruined by transgression
Topic: Present and Future/Second Advent
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: J Zundel
Meter: 11s and 5s
Tune: Doom
Hymn Number: 747
Page Number: 274, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsAh, guilty sinner, ruined by transgression,
What shall thy doom be, when, arrayed in terror,
God shall command thee, covered with pollution,
Up to the judgment? Up to the judgment?
Stop, thoughtless sinner, stop awhile and ponder,
Ere death arrest thee, and the Judge, in vengeance,
Hurl from his presence thy affrighted spirit,
Swift to perdition.
Oft has he called thee, but thou wouldst not hear him;
Mercies and judgments have alike been slighted;
Yet he is gracious, and, with arms unfolded,
Waits to embrace thee.
Come, then, poor sinner, come away this moment,
Just as you are, come filthy and polluted,
Come to the fountain open for the guilty;
Jesus invites you.
But if you trifle with his gracious message,
Cleave to the world and love its guilty pleasures,
Mercy, grown weary, shall, in righteous judgment,
Leave you forever.
O guilty sinner! hear the voice of warning;
Fly to the Savior, and embrace his pardon;
So shall your spirit meet, with joy triumphant,
Death and the judgment.