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Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Come weary souls with sins distress'd (FL)

Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs

Date: 1843

Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson

Publisher/Printer: A Campbell

First Line: Come weary souls with sins distress'd

Topic: Recruiting Songs

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: LM

Tune: Devotion

Hymn Number: Song 71 (part I)

Page Number: 147 (part I), click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

COME, weary souls with sins distress'd,

Come, and accept the proffer'd rest;

The Saviour's gracious call obey,

And cast your gloomy fears away.



Oppress'd with guilt, a heavy load,

O! come and spread your woes abroad;

Divine compassion, mighty love,

Will all the painful load remove.



Here mercy's boundless ocean flows

To cleanse your guilt and heal your woes;

Pardon, and life, and endless peace,

How rich the gift, how free the grace!



Lord, we accept with thankful heart,

The hope thy gracious words impart;

We come with trembling, yet rejoice,

And bless thy kind inviting voice.