Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Ye wretched hungry starving poor
Topic: Invitation
Writer: <no first name given> Steel
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 13
Page Number: 018, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsYe wretched, hungry, starving poor,
Behold a royal feast!
Where mercy spreads her bounteous store,
For every humble guest.
See, Jesus stands with open arms;
He calls, he bids you come:
Guilt holds you back, and fear alarms;
But see there is yet room -
Room in the Saviour's bleeding heart,
There love and pity meet;
Nor will he bid the soul depart,
That trembles at his feet.
O come, and with his children taste
The blessings of his love;
While hope attends the sweet repast
Of nobler joys above.
There, with united heart and voice,
Before th' eternal throne,
Ten thousand thousand souls rejoice,
In ecstacie unknown.
And yet ten thousand thousand more,
Are welcome still to come;
Yet longing souls, the grace adore;
Approach, there yet is room.