Lines Sung during the Missions.
LOVE God, who loveth thee,
For love itself is He;
He bids the sinner weep;
He saith: Poor child, from sin depart;
Rest thee within thy Father's heart;
Turn to thy Shepherd, wandering sheep.
A messenger from God am I,
Pardon and grace I offer thee;
Perchance thine hour of death draws nigh:
For thy soul's sake, ah ! list to me.
The God of mercy calleth thee;
Turn not deaf ear and rebel heart:
If now His call rejected be
His grace He ll ne'er again impart.
Poor sinful one ! can'st thou remain
In God's disgrace, yet tremble not?
Depart from sin and pleasures vain
Ere hell becomes thy dreadful lot.
Long-suffering is thy Saviour dear,
But not forever will He wait;
If suddenly thy death draws near,
Say, sinner, what shall be thy fate?
Our Jesus is so sweet, so mild,
How canst thou turn from Him away?
Haste, then, with God be reconciled;
Poor sinner, make no vain delay.
How canst thou tranquil, joyous dwell;
Unmindful of eternity ?
And on the very brink of hell
Slight ev'ry grace God offers thee?
Ere long thy life must pass away;
Know'st thou the hour when thou shalt die?
Perchance ere dawns another day
Thou wilt behold eternity !
My son, while yet thou hast the pow'r
Reflect how soon thy life must end
How on its last sad, solemn hour
Eternal pains or joys depend.
If thou pursue thy careless way,
He who is now despis'd by thee
Will meet thee on that dying day
And thy Eternal Judge will be.
Then, sinner, wilt thou trembling stand,
Recalling past iniquity,
Dreading to fall into His hand
Who wrathful stands in majesty.
They who so blindly risk d their all,
Nor thought on hell's eternal fire,
Now after death too surely fall
Into the abyss so dark and dire.
And when shall hell's sharp pains be o'er?
The insult to God's majesty
Has been so deep that evermore
Those pains shall last, eternally.
Think on that dread eternity
To which thou art hast'ning ever;
Think of that long futurity
Of pains that will leave thee never.
From: http://www.archive.org/stream/victoriesmartyrs09liguuoft/victoriesmartyrs09liguuoft_djvu.txt
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