Page:A Selection of Hymns Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston, Ed. by R. Daniel.djvu/21

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The Saviour's gracious call obey,
And cast your gloomy fears away.

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.

Lord, we accept with thankful heart,
The hopes Thy gracious words impart;
We come with trembling, yet rejoice,
And bless Thy kind inviting voice.

Dear Saviour, let Thy pow'rful love,
Confirm our faith, our fears remove;
And sweetly influence every breast,
And guide us to eternal rest.

HYMN 21.

Day of Judgment, day of wonders!
Hark! the trumpet's awful sound,
Louder than a thousand thunders,
Shakes the vast creation round!
How the summons-how the summons,
Will the sinner's heart confound!

See the Judge our nature wearing,
Cloth'd in majesty divine!
You who long for His appearing
Then shall in His glory shine.
Gracious Saviour!–Gracious Saviour;
Own me in that day for Thine.

Then to those who have confessed,
Lov'd and serv'd the Lord below,
He will say, "Come near, ye blessed,