Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Listen sinner mercy hails you
Topic: Invitation
Writer: Andrew Reed
Composer:
Meter: 8s 7s and 4s
Tune: Osgood
Hymn Number: 661
Page Number: 265, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLISTEN, sinner: mercy hails you;
With her sweetest voice she calls;
Bids you hasten to the Saviour,
Ere the hand of justice falls:
Listen, sinner:
'Tis the voice of mercy calls.
See the storm of vengeance gathering
O'er the path you dare to tread;
Hark! the awful thunders rolling
Loud and louder o'er your head;
Flee, O sinner,
Lest the lightnings strike you dead.
Haste, O hasten to the Saviour;
Sue his mercy while you may:
Soon the day of grace is over,
Soon your life will pass away:
Hasten, sinner:
You must perish, if you stay.