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Thou God of glorious majesty

Appears in 98 hymnals Topics: Awakening and Inviting Lyrics: 1 Thou God of glorious majesty, To thee, against myself, to thee, A worm of earth, I cry; A half-awaken'd child of man, An heir of endless bliss or pain, A sinner born to die! 2 Lo! on a narrow neck of land, ’Twixt two unbounded seas I stand Secure, insensible; A point of time, a moment’s space, Removes me to that heavenly place, Or shuts me up in hell. 3 O God ,mine inmost soul convert, And deeply on my thoughtful heart Eternal things impress; Give me to feel their solemn weight, And tremble on the brink of fate, And wake to righteousness. 4 Before me place in dread array The pomp of that tremendous day, When thou with clouds shalt come To judge the nations at thy bar; And tell me, Lord, shall I be there To meet a joyful doom? 5 Be this my one great bus'ness here, With serious industry and fear Eternal bliss t'ensure: Thine utmost counsel to fulfil, And suffer all thy righteous will, And to the end endure. 6 Then, Saviour, then my soul receive Transported from this vale, to live And reign with thee above; Where faith is sweetly lost in sight, And hope in full supreme delight, And everlasting love.

Come, sinners, to the gospel feast

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 466 hymnals Topics: Awakening and Inviting Lyrics: 1 Come sinners, to the gospel-feast; Let every soul be Jesu's guest; Ye need not one be left behind; For God hath bidden all mankind. 2 Sent by my Lord, on you I call; The invitation is to all: Come all the world! come, sinner, thou! All things in Christ are ready now. 3 Come, all ye souls by sin oppres'd, Ye restless wand'rers after rest; Ye poor, and maim'd, and halt, and blind, In Christ a hearty welcome find. 4 My message as from God receive; Ye all may come to Christ and live; O let his love your hearts constrain, Nor suffer him to die in vain! 5 His love is mighty to compel: His conq'ring love consent to feel; Yield to his love's resistless power, And fight against your God no more. 6 See him set forth before your eyes, That precious, bleeding sacrifice! His offer'd benefits embrace, And freely now be sav'd by grace! 7 This is the time; no more delay! This is the acceptable day; Come in, this moment, at his call, And live to him who dy'd for all!

Thee we adore, eternal name

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 374 hymnals Topics: Awakening and Inviting Lyrics: 1 Thee, we adore, eternal name, And humbly own to thee, How feeble is our mortal frame, What dying worms we be! 2 Our wasting lives grow shorter still, As days and months increase; And ev'ry beating pulse we tell, Leaves but the number less. 3 The year rolls round, and steals away The breath that first it gave: Whate'er we do, where'er we be, We're travelling to the grave. 4 Dangers stand thick through all the ground, To push us to the tomb; And fierce diseases wait around, To hurry mortals home. 5 Great God! on what a slender thread Hang everlasting things! Th' eternal states of all the dead Upon life's feeble strings! 6 Infinite joy, or endless woe, Attends on ev'ry breath; And yet how unconcern'd we go Upon the brink of death! 7 Waken, O Lord, our drowsy sense, To walk this dang'rous road; And if our souls are hurry'd hence, May they be found with God!

O for a thousand tongues to sing

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,814 hymnals Topics: Awakening and Inviting Lyrics: 1 O for a thousand tongues to sing My dear Redeemer's praise! The glories of my God and King, The triumphs of his grace! 2 My gracious Master and my God, Assist me to proclaim, To spread through all the earth abroad The honours of thy name. 3 Jesus, the name that charms our fears, That bids our sorrows cease: 'Tis music in the sinner's ears; 'Tis life, and health, and peace. 4 He breaks the power of cancell'd sin, He sets the pris'ner free; His blood can make the foulest clean; His blood avail'd me. 5 Look unto him, ye nations, own Your God, ye fallen race; Look, and be sav'd through faith alone, Be justify'd by grace! 6 See all your sins on Jesus laid! The Lamb of God was slain, His soul was once an off'ring made For ev'ry soul of man. 7 With me, your chief ye then shall know, Shall feel your sins forgiv'n; Anticipate your heav'n below, And own that love is heav'n.

When rising from the bed of death

Appears in 260 hymnals Topics: Awakening and Inviting Lyrics: 1 When rising from the bed of death, O’erwhelmed with guilt and fear, I view my Maker face to face O how shall I appear! 2 If yet while pardon may be found, And mercy may be sought; My soul with inward horror shrinks, And trembles at the thought! 3 When thou, O Lord shalt stand disclos'd, In majesty severe, And sit in judgment on my soul, O how shall I appear! 4 O may my broken contrite heart, Timely my sins lament, And early with repentant tears, Eternal woe prevent. 5 Behold the sorrows of my Heart, Ere yet it be too late; And hear my Saviour’s dying groan; To give those sorrows weight. 6 For never shall my soul despair Her Pardon to secure, Who knows the only Son hath dy'd To make that pardon sure.

Terrible thought, shall I alone

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 66 hymnals Topics: Awakening and Inviting

And am I only born to die?

Appears in 125 hymnals Topics: Awakening and Inviting Lyrics: 1 And am I only born to die? And must I suddenly comply With nature’s stern decree? What after death for me remains? Celestial joys, or hellish pains, To all eternity. 2 How then ought I on earth to live, While God prolongs the kind reprieve, And props the house of clay; My sole concern, my single care, To watch, and tremble, and prepare Against the fatal day! 3 No room for mirth or trifling here, For worldly hope, or worldly fear, If life so soon is gone; If now the Judge is at the door, And all mankind must stand before Th' inexorable throne! 4 No matter which my thoughts employ, A moment’s misery, or joy; But oh! when both shall end, Where shall I find my destin'd place, Shall I my everlasting days With fiends or angels spend? 5 Nothing is worth a thought beneath, But how I may escape the death That never, never dies! How make mine own election sure, And, when I fail on earth, secure A mansion in the skies. 6 Jesus, vouchsafe a pitying ray, Be thou my guide, be thou my way To glorious happiness! Ah! write the pardon on my heart, And whensoe’er I hence depart, Let me depart in peace.

Behold the Saviour of mankind

Appears in 395 hymnals Topics: Awakening and Inviting Lyrics: 1 Behold the Saviour of mankind Nail'd to the shameful tree; How vast the Love that him inclin'd To bleed and die for thee! 2 Hark. how he groans! while nature shakes, And earth's strong pillars bend! The temple's veil in sunder breaks, The solid marbles rend. 3 'Tis done! the precious ransom's paid, "Receive my soul," he cries! See, where he bows his sacred head! He bows his head and dies. 4 But soon he'll break death's envious chain, And in full glory shine; O Lamb of God! was ever pain, Was ever love like thine!