436.

S. M.

SELECT HYMNS.

Now the Day of Grace.

1 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 A 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, Ô, be wise; to-morrow's sun
May shine upon your grave.

437.

L. M.

One Thing needful.

LYRICA.

1 WHY will ye waste on trifling cares
That life which God's compassion spares,
While, in the various range of thought,
The one thing needful is forgot ?

2 Shall God invite you from above?
Shall Jesus urge his dying love?
Shall troubled conscience give you pain?
And all these pleas unite in vain?
3 Not so your eyes will always view
Those objects which you now pursue;
Not so will heaven and hell appear,
When death's decisive hour is near.
4 Almighty God, thy grace impart ;
Fix deep conviction on each heart;
Nor let us waste on trifling cares
That life which thy compassion spares.

438.

11s.

Delay not.

SACRED SONGS

1 DELAY not, delay not; O sinner, draw near;
The waters of life are now flowing for thee;
No price is demanded; the Saviour is here;
Redemption is purchased, salvation is free.

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;
Now with sweetest voice she calls;
Bids you haste to seek the Saviour,
Ere the hand of justice falls:
Trust in Jesus;

"Tis the voice of Mercy calls.

2 Haste, O sinner, to the Saviour;
Seek his mercy while you may;
Soon the day of grace is over;
Soon your life will pass away:
Haste to Jesus;

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;
Soon will the awful voice of death
Command your souls away.

2 Soon will the harvest close,
The summer soon be o'er;
O sinners, then your injured God
Will heed your cries no more.
3 Then, while 'tis called to-day,
O, hear the gospel's sound;
Come, sinner, haste, O, haste away,
While pardon may be found.

441.

7s.

Danger of Delay.

EPIS. COL.

1 HASTE, O sinner; now be wise;
Stay not for the morrow's sun :
Wisdom if you still despise,
Harder is it to be won.

2 Haste, and mercy now implore;
Stay not for the morrow's sun,
Lest thy season should be o'er,
Ere this evening's stage be run.

3 Haste, O sinner; now return;

Stay not for the morrow's sun,
Lest thy lamp should cease to burn
Ere salvation's work is done.

4 Haste, O sinner; now be blest ;-
Stay not for the morrow's sun,
Lest perdition thee arrest,

442.

Ere the morrow is begun.

S. M.

Danger of Neglect.

1 AND canst thou, sinner, slight
The call of love divine?

Shall God with tenderness invite,
And gain no thought of thine?

2 Wilt thou not cease to grieve
The Spirit from thy breast,

Till he thy wretched soul shall leave
With all thy sins oppressed?

HYDE.

3 To-day, a pardoning God

Will hear the suppliant pray;
To-day, a Saviour's cleansing blood
Will wash thy guilt away.

4 But grace so dearly bought
If yet thou wilt despise,

Thy fearful doom, with sorrow fraught,
Will fill thee with surprise.

443.

S. M.

PRATT'S COL.

Danger of Delay.

1 ALL yesterday is gone;
To-morrow's not our own;
O sinner, come, without delay,
To bow before the throne.

2 O, hear his voice to-day,

And harden not your heart;
To-morrow, with a frown, he may
Pronounce the word,

-"Depart."

URWICK'S COL.

1 SINNER, what has earth to show
Like the joys believers know?
Is thy path, of fading flowers,
Half so bright, so sweet, as ours?

2 Doth a skilful, healing friend
On thy daily path attend,

And, where thorns and stings abound,
Shed a balm on every wound?

3 When the tempest rolls on high,
Hast thou still a refuge nigh?
Can, O, can thy dying breath
Summon one more strong than death?

4 Canst thou, in that awful day,
Fearless tread the gloomy way,
Plead a glorious ransom given,

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
Gains on the western sky!

2 Ye mortals, mark its pace,

And use the hours of light;
For know, its Maker can command
An instant, endless night.

3 Give glory to the Lord,

Who rules the rolling sphere;
Submissive, at his footstool bow,
And seek salvation there.

4 Then shall new lustre break
Through all the heavy gloom,
And lead you to unchanging light,
In your celestial home.

446.

S. M.

VILLAGE HYMNS

Parental Entreaty.

1 MY son, know thou the Lord;
Thy fathers' God obey;

Seek his protecting care by night,
His guardian hand by day.

2 Call while he may be found;
O, seek him while he's near;
Serve him with all thy heart and mind,
And worship him with fear.

3 If thou wilt seek his face,

His ear will hear thy cry;

Then shalt thou find his mercy sure,
His grace forever nigh.

4 But if thou leave thy God,

Nor choose the path to heaven,
Then shalt thou perish in thy sins,
And never be forgiven.