The Christian Hymn Book: A Compilation of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, by A. Campbell and Others
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The Christian Hymn Book: A Compilation of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, by A. Campbell and Others
Disciples of Christ -- Hymns; Hymns, English
2 Ho! all you hungry, starving souls,
Who feed upon the wind,
And vainly strive with earthly toys
To fill an empty mind.
3 Eternal wisdom has prepared
A soul-reviving feast,
And bids your longing appetites
The rich provision taste.
4 Ho! you that pant for living streams,
And pine away and die,
Here may you quench your raging thirst
With springs that never dry.
5 Rivers of love and mercy here
In a rich ocean join;
Salvation in abundance flows,
Like floods of milk and wine.
6 Great God! the treasures of thy love
Are everlasting mines,
Deep as our helpless miseries are,
And boundless as our sins.
7 The happy gates of gospel grace
Stand open night and day:
Lord, we are come to seek supplies,
And drive our wants away.
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For there is no difference.
Rom. 10:12.
How free and boundless is the grace
Of our redeeming God!
Extending to the Greek and Jew,
And men of every blood.
2 Come, all you wretched sinners, come,
He’ll form your souls anew;
His gospel and his heart have room
For rebels such as you.
3 His doctrine is almighty love;
There’s virtue in his name
To turn a raven to a dove,
A lion to a lamb.
4 Come, then, accept the offered grace,
And make no more delay;
His love will all your guilt efface,
And soothe your fears away.
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Let him return unto the Lord.
Isaiah 55:7.
Return, O wanderer, now return,
And seek thy Father’s face;
Those new desires which in thee burn
Were kindled by his grace.
2 Return, O wanderer, now return!
He hears thy humble sigh!
He sees thy softened spirit mourn,
When no one else is nigh.
3 Return, O wanderer, now return!
Thy Saviour bids thee live;
Go to his feet, and grateful learn
How freely he’ll forgive.
4 Return, O wanderer, now return!
And wipe the falling tear;
Thy Father calls—no longer mourn,
’Tis love invites thee near.
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Incline your ear, and come.
Isaiah 55:3.
The Saviour calls; let every ear
Attend the heavenly sound;
Ye doubting souls, dismiss your fear;
Hope smiles reviving round.
2 For every thirsty, longing heart,
Here streams of bounty flow,
And life, and health, and bliss impart,
To banish mortal woe.
3 Ye sinners, come; ’tis mercy’s voice;
That gracious voice obey;
’Tis Jesus calls to heavenly joys;
And can you yet delay?
4 Dear Saviour, draw reluctant hearts;
To thee let sinners fly,
And take the bliss thy love imparts,
And drink, and never die.
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