Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: The Lord of Life exalted stands
Topic: Invitation
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 11
Page Number: 016, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe Lord of life exalted stands,
Aloud he cries, and spreads his hands;
He calls ten thousand sinners round,
And sends a voice from every wound.
"Attend ye thirsty souls, draw near,
"And satiate all your wishes here:
"Behold the living fountain flows,
"In streams as various as your woes.
"An ample pardon here I give,
"And bid the sentenced rebel live:
"Show him my Father's smiling face,
"And lodge him in his dear embrace,
"I purge from sin's detested stain,
"And make the crimson white again,
"Lead to celestial joys refined,
"And lasting as the deathless mind."
Blest Saviour, I can doubt no more:
I hear, and wonder, and adore:
Panting I seek that fountain-head,
Whence waters, so divine, proceed.
Clear spring of life, flow on, and roll,
With growing swell, from pole to pole,
Till flowers and fruits of paradise,
Round all the winding currents rise.