Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Let every mortal ear attend
Topic: Gospel
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer: Jeremiah Ingalls
Meter: CM
Tune: Northfield
Hymn Number: 381
Page Number: 132, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLET every moral 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 prepar'd
A soul-reviving feast,
And bids your longing appetites
The rich provision taste.
Ho! you that pant for living 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 mis'ries are,
And boundless as our sins.