436. S. M. SELECT HYMNS. Now the Day of Grace. 1 NOW is the day of grace; 2 A Father bids you speed; O, wherefore then delay? 3 To-day the prize is won; 437. L. M. One Thing needful. LYRICA. 1 WHY will ye waste on trifling cares 2 Shall God invite you from above? 438. 11s. Delay not. SACRED SONGS 1 DELAY not, delay not; O sinner, draw near; 2 Delay not, delay not; why longer abuse The love and compassion of Jesus, thy God? A fountain is opened; how canst thou refuse To wash and be cleansed in his pardoning blood? 3 Delay not, delay not, O sinner, to come, For Mercy still lingers, and calls thee to-day, Her voice is not heard in the shades of the tomb; Her message, unheeded, will soon pass away. 4 Delay not, delay not; the Spirit of grace, Long grieved and resisted, may take his sad flight, And leave thee in darkness to finish thy race, To sink in the gloom of eternity's night. 5 Delay not, delay not; the hour is at hand; The earth shall dissolve, and the heavens shall fade; The dead, small and great, in the judgment shall stand; What helper, then, sinner, shall lend thee his aid? 439. 8s, 7s & 4. The Sinner invited and warned. REED. 1 HEAR, O sinner! Mercy hails you; "Tis the voice of Mercy calls. 2 Haste, O sinner, to the Saviour; You must perish if you stay. 440. S. M. Come to-day. DWIGHT. 1 YE sinners, fear the Lord, While yet 'tis called to-day; 2 Soon will the harvest close, 441. 7s. Danger of Delay. EPIS. COL. 1 HASTE, O sinner; now be wise; 2 Haste, and mercy now implore; 3 Haste, O sinner; now return; Stay not for the morrow's sun, 4 Haste, O sinner; now be blest ;- 442. Ere the morrow is begun. S. M. Danger of Neglect. 1 AND canst thou, sinner, slight Shall God with tenderness invite, 2 Wilt thou not cease to grieve Till he thy wretched soul shall leave HYDE. 3 To-day, a pardoning God Will hear the suppliant pray; 4 But grace so dearly bought Thy fearful doom, with sorrow fraught, 443. S. M. PRATT'S COL. Danger of Delay. 1 ALL yesterday is gone; 2 O, hear his voice to-day, And harden not your heart; -"Depart." URWICK'S COL. 1 SINNER, what has earth to show 2 Doth a skilful, healing friend And, where thorns and stings abound, 3 When the tempest rolls on high, 4 Canst thou, in that awful day, Burst from earth, and soar to heaven? 445. S. M. DODDRIDGE. Exhortation to work while it is Day. 1 THE swift-declining day, How fast its moments fly, While evening's broad and gloomy shade 2 Ye mortals, mark its pace, And use the hours of light; 3 Give glory to the Lord, Who rules the rolling sphere; 4 Then shall new lustre break 446. S. M. VILLAGE HYMNS Parental Entreaty. 1 MY son, know thou the Lord; Seek his protecting care by night, 2 Call while he may be found; 3 If thou wilt seek his face, His ear will hear thy cry; Then shalt thou find his mercy sure, 4 But if thou leave thy God, Nor choose the path to heaven, |