297 S. M. Now is the accepted time. 2 Cor. 6:2. Now is th’ accepted time, Now is the day of grace; Now, sinners, come, without delay, And seek the Saviour’s face. 2 Now is th’ accepted time, The Saviour calls to-day; To-morrow it may be too late— Then why should you delay? 3 Now is th’ accepted time, The gospel bids you come; And every promise in his word Declares there yet is room. 298 S. M. Now is the day of salvation. 2 Cor. 6:2. Now is the day of grace; Now to the Saviour come; The Lord is calling, “Seek my face, And I will guide you home.” 2 The Father bids you speed; O, wherefore then delay? He calls in love; he sees your need; He bids you come to-day. 3 To-day the prize is won; The promise is to save; Then, O, be wise; to-morrow’s sun May shine upon your grave. 299 S. M. Give me thy heart. Prov. 23:26. Give to the Lord thine heart; In him all pleasures meet: O, come and choose the better part, Low at the Saviour’s feet. 2 Hear, and your soul shall live; His peace shall be your stay— Peace, which the world can never give, Can never take away. 300 S. M. Where shall the ungodly, etc. 1 Pet. 4:18. And will the Judge descend? And must the dead arise? And not a single soul escape His all-discerning eyes? 2 How will my heart endure The terrors of that day, When earth and heaven before his face, Astonished, shrink away? 3 But ere the trumpet shakes The mansions of the dead; Hark! from the Gospel’s cheering sound, What joyful tidings spread. 4 Ye sinners! seek his grace, Whose wrath you can not bear; Flee to the shelter of his cross, And find salvation there. 5 Come! take his offers now, From every sin depart, Perform thy oft-repeated vow, And render him thy heart. 6 Repent! return! receive The grace through Jesus given; Sure, if with God on earth we live, We live with God in heaven. 301 S. M. The gospel call. Ye trembling captives! hear; The gospel-trumpet sounds; No music more can charm the ear, Or heal your heart-felt wounds. 2 ’Tis not the trump of war, Nor Sinai’s awful roar; Salvation’s news it spreads afar, And vengeance is no more. 3 Forgiveness, love, and peace, Glad heaven aloud proclaims; And earth, the jubilee’s release, With eager rapture claims.