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HAMBURG.

L. M. Arr. from a Gregorian Chant, by

DR. L. MASON.

1. Come, weary souls, with sin distressed, Come, and accept the promised rest;

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2 Oppressed with sin, a painful load,
O, Come and spread your woes abroad;
Divine compassion, mighty love,
Will all the painful load remove.

3 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!

4 Lord, we accept, with thankful heart,
The hope thy gracious words impart;
We come with trembling, yet rejoice,
And bless the kind, inviting voice.

5 Dear Saviour, let thy wondrous love
Confirm our faith, our fears remove;
O, sweetly influence every breast,
And guide us to eternal rest.

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1 Behold a stranger at the door!
He gently knocks has knocked before;
Has waited long-is waiting still;
You treat no other friend so ill.

2 O, lovely Saviour, see, he stands
With melting heart and loaded hands!
O, matchless kindness! and he shows
This matchless kindness to his foes.

3 But will he prove a friend indeed?
He will; the very friend you need;
The friend of sinners-yes, 'tis he,
With garments dyed on Calvary.

4 Admit him, ere his anger burn-
His feet departed ne'er return:
Admit him, or the hour's at hand
You'll at his door rejected stand.

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2 Ye souls that are wounded, haste, haste to the Saviour;

He calls you in mercy-0, slight not his favor.

Your sins, that have risen as high as a mountain,

Shall find full remission, in this precious fountain. Hallelujah, &c.

30 Jesus, our King, all blessed and glorious!

O'er sin, death, and hell, thine arm is victorious;

With shouting proclaim it, in th' great congregation;

Let angels and men raise the song of salvation. Hallelujah, &c.

4 And when thou shalt bring us to thy heavenly dwelling,

To gaze on thy glory, all glory excelling,

We'll sound forth thy honors, with harps that cease never,
And sing thy salvation for ever and ever. Hallelujah, &c.

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3 But whither can I go?

There is no other pool

4 I see, or think I see, A glimm'ring from afar;

Where streams of sov'reign mercy flow, A beam of day that shines for me,

To make a sinner whole.

4 Here then, from day to day, I'll wait, and hope, and try; Can Jesus hear a sinner pray, Yet suffer him to die?

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1 My former hopes are fled, My terror now begins;

I feel, alas! that I am dead, In trespasses and sins.

2 Ah, whither shall I fly?

I hear the thunder roar;

NEWTON.

COWPER.

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To save me from despair. 5 Forerunner of the sun, It marks the pilgrim's way: I'll gaze upon it while I And watch the rising day.

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Ah! Lord, what shall I do? How shall a wretched sinner flee From everlasting wo?

2 I dare no longer stay

So nigh the jaws of hell: Yet how to go, or find the way To Christ, I cannot tell.

3 O Lord, though I am vile, Receive me as I am;

ANON.

And let thy sovereign mercy smile On me, through Christ the Lamb.

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2 If tears of sorrow would suffice

To the debt I owe, pay

2 Great God, thy good and perfect law, Does all my life condemn,

Tears should from both my weeping eyes, The secret evils of my soul

In ceaseless torrents flow.

3 But no such sacrifice I plead

To expiate my guilt;

N› tears but those which thou hast shed,
No blood, but thou hast spilt.

I plead thy sorrows, dearest Lord,
Do thou my sins forgive;
Thy justice will approve the word,
That bids the sinner live. STENNETT.

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Fill me with fear and shame.

3 How many precious Sabbaths gone
And O, what cause have I to mourn,
I never can recall;
Who misimproved them all!

4 How long, how often have I heard
Of Jesus and of heaven;
Yet scarcely listen'd to his word,
Or pray'd to be forgiv'n!

5 Constrain me, Lord, to turn to thee,
And grant renewing grace;
For thou this flinty heart canst break,
And thine shall be the praise.

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