mf 273 WELCOME, welcome! Sinner, hear; Hang not back through shame or fear. Doubt not, nor distrust the call: Mercy is proclaimed to all. 2 Welcome to the offered peace: Welcome, prisoner, to release: Burst thy bonds: be saved; be free. Rise and come; He calleth thee. 3 Welcome, weeping penitent: Grace has made thy heart relent: Welcome, long-estrangèd child: God in Christ is reconciled. 4 Welcome to the cleansing fount, Springing from the sacred mount; Welcome to the feast divine, 6 None can come that shall not find, Come, ye bought, but not with gold, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.-Eph. v. 14. f274 HARK! 'tis the watchman's cry, Wake, brethren, wake! Jesus our Lord is nigh; Wake, brethren, wake! mf 2 Call to each waking band, mf 3 Heed we the Steward's call, This vineyard of the Lord mf 4 Hear we the Shepherd's voice, Pray, brethren, pray! Sin calls for constant fear, Pray, brethren, pray! f 5 Now sound the final chord, Praise, brethren, praise! Which moves with busy haste along, These wondrous gatherings day by day? What means this strange commotion, pray? dim In accents hushed the throng reply, "Jesus of Nazareth passeth by." cr 2 Who is this Jesus? Why should He A passing stranger, has He skill Jesus of Nazareth passeth by." mf3 Jesus! 'tis He who once below Man's pathway trod 'mid pain and woe: FIRST TUNE. Brought out their sick,and deaf, and lame: 4 Again He comes! From place to place f 5 Ho! all ye heavy laden, come! Compassion. 97.97.99., Irregular. MISS CAMPBELL. FOUNTAIN MEEN. Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.-Luke xv. 6. mf 276 THERE were ninety and nine that 'safely lay In the 'shelter of the fold; dim But one was out on the 'hills away, Far off from the 'gates of gold, Away on the mountains 'wild and bare, Away from the 'tender Shepherd's care. mf 2 "Lord, Thou hast here Thy 'ninety and nine, Are they 'not enough for Thee?" But the Shepherd made answer: ""This of Mine Has wandered a'way from Me; Out in the desert He 'heard its cry- mf 4 "Lord, whence are those blood-drops 'all the way, That mark 'out the mountain track?" dim "They were shed for one who had 'gone astray mf Ere the Shepherd could'bring him back." "Lord, whence are Thy hands so 'rent and torn? dim They are pierced to-'night by many a thorn," cr And although the road be'rough and steep mf 5 And all through the mountains, 'thun I go to the 'desert to find My sheep." mp3 But none of the ransomed 'ever knew How 'deep were the waters crossed; Nor how dark was the night that the 'Lord passed through Ere He found His'sheep that was lost. der-riven, And 'up from the rocky steep, f There arose a cry to the 'gate of heaven, Rejoice! I have 'found My sheep!' And the angels echoed a'roundthethrone, ff"Rejoice, for the 'Lord brings back His own! " Amen. E. C. CLEPHANE. 176 THE GOSPEL: ITS MISSION AND ITS INVITATIONS. Melton. 77.77. Dr. GAUNTLETT. A men. The night cometh, when no man can work.-John ix. 4. mf 277 TIME is earnest, passing by; Death is earnest, drawing nigh: dim Sinner, wilt thou trifling be? Time and death appeal to thee. mf 2 Life is earnest: when 'tis o'er, dim Thou returnest never more. Soon to meet eternity, Wilt thou never serious be? mf 3 God is earnest: kneel and pray, dim Ere thy season pass away; Ere He set His judgment throne; mf 4 Christ is earnest, bids thee come; dim mf 5 O be earnest, do not stay; f Thou mayest perish e'en to-day, DYER. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. I.-ITS BEGINNINGS-REPENTANCE AND FAITH. Velindra (Intercession). L.M. |