Who feel the debt you owe; Press on, the LORD hath more to give: By faith upon him daily live, His fulness you shall know. 400. The Invitation of the Gospel. L.M. I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see.-REV. iii. 18. JESUS, and are thy blessings free? Then I may dare to come to thee; Tho' naked, wretched, blind, and poor, I'll buy from thy unbounded store. 2 I come for grace, like gold refin'd, T'enrich and beautify my mind; Grace that will trials well endure, And in the furnace grow more pure. 3 Naked, I come for that bright dress, Thy perfect spotless righteousness; That glorious robe, so richly dy'd In thine own blood, my shame to hide. 4 Like Bartimeus, now to thee I come and pray that I may see E'en clay is eye-salve in thy hand, If thou the blessing but command. 5 Poor, wretched, naked, blind, I came; O let me not return the same! But let me, gracious SAVIOUR, be Wherefore, come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the LORD, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the LORD Almighty.-2 COR. vi. 17, 18. LET us adore the grace that seeks 2 [Tho' fill'd with awe before his throne 3 "Come forth," he says, 66 no more purThe paths that lead to death; [sue Look up, a bleeding SAVIOUR view; Look, and be sav'd by faith. 4 My sons and daughters you shall be, Through the atoning blood; And you shall claim and find in me 5 LORD, speak these words to ev'ry heart 6nIf now we learn to seek thy face We'll praise thee for this hour of grace, 402. To Come to Christ. 84. Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled: forsake the foolish, and live.-PROV. ix. 5, 6. YE that thirst for solid pleasure, Seek it in the SAVIOUR'S love: There's in CHRIST a boundless treasure, Raise your hearts to things above. On the cross he bore our sorrows; There he put our sins away, Conquer'd death with all its horrors, And redeem'd us from its sway. a 2 Come to him, your sins confessing; 3 Where are they who count it folly, 403. To Eternal Life. S. M. Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.-MAT. vii. 13, 14. 2 DESTRUCTION's dangerous road While that which leads the soul to GOD By CHRIST, the living gate; But they who will not leave their sin, 3 If self must be deny'd, They rather choose the way that's wide, 4 Obey the gospel call, And enter while you may; 5 LORD, open sinners' eyes, Their awful state to see; And make them, ere the storm arise, 404. To admit Christ into our Heart.C.M. Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, 1 will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.-REV. iii. 20. AND will the LORD thus condescend Thus, at the door, shall mercy stand 2 Surprising Grace!—and shall my heart 4 'Tis sin, alas! with tyrant pow'r, And clouds of traitors bar the door 5 LORD, rise in thy all-conqu'ring grace, Thy mighty pow'r display; One beam of glory from thy face 6 Ye dangerous inmates, hence depart, My SAVIOUR, enter in; And guard the passage to my heart, 405. To the Living Waters. C. M. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy and eat: yea, come, buy wine and milk without money, and without price, &c.-ISAIAH lv. 1, &c. LET ev'ry mortal ear attend, |