Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Let every mortal ear attend
Topic: Invitation
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer: Aaron Chapin
Meter: CM
Tune: Chelmsford
Hymn Number: 235
Page Number: 079, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLET every mortal ear attend,
And every 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 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 livings streams,
And pine away and die,
Here may you quench your raging thirst
From 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.