Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Ah guilty sinner ruined by transgression
Topic: The Present and the Future/Final Judgment
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 11s and 5
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1118
Page Number: 663, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsAh, guilty sinner, ruined by transgression,
What shall thy doom be, when array'd in terror,
God shall command thee, cover'd with pollution,
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 for ever.
O! guilty sinner, hear the voice of warning;
Fly to the Saviour, and embrace his pardon;
So shall your spirit meet with joy and triumphant,
Death and the judgment.