Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns
Date: 1839
Compiler: Walter Scott and Silas Leonard
Publisher/Printer: A S Tilden
First Line: Ah guilty sinner ruined by transgression
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Hymn Number: 599
Page Number: 312, 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 thine affrighted spirit,
Swift to perdition.
Oft has he called thee, but thou wouldst not hear him,
Mercies & 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 uncleanness;
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,
Quit you forever.
Then you shall call, but he will not regard you,
Seek for his favor, yet shall never find it,
Cry to the rocks to hide you from his presence,
Deep in their caverns.
O, guilty sinner, hear the voice of warning;
Fly to the Saviour, and embrace his pardon;
So shall your spirit meet, with joy triumphant,
Death and the judgment!