Hymns for the Use of Families, 13

To — " Sinners, rejoice, your peace is made."
Father of omnipresent grace,
We seem agreed to seek Thy face;
But every soul assembled here
Doth naked in Thy sight appear:
Thou know'st who only bows the knee.
And who in heart approaches Thee.

Thy Spirit hath the difference made
Betwixt the living and the dead:
He now doth into some inspire
The pure, benevolent desire:
O that even now His powerful call
Might quicken and convert us all!

The sinners suddenly convince
O'erwhelm'd beneath their load of sins.
To-day, while it is call'd to-day,
Awake, and stir them up to pray,
Their dire captivity to own,
And from the iron furnace groan.

Then, then acknowledge, and set free
The people bought, O Lord, by Thee.
The sheep for whom their Shepherd bled.
For whom we in Thy Spirit plead;
Let all in Thee redemption find,
And not a hoof be left behind.