Hymn 21
John Newton
8,6,8,6
The Lord’s call to his children.
2Cor 6:17,18206 Let us adore the grace that seeks To draw our hearts above! Attend, ’tis God the Savior speaks, And every word is love. | Though filled with awe, before his throne Each angel veils his face; He claims a people for his own Amongst our sinful race. | Careless, awhile, they live in sin, Enslaved to Satan’s pow’r; But they obey the call divine, In his appointed hour. | Come forth, he says, no more pursue The paths that lead to death; Look up, a bleeding Savior view, Look, and be saved by faith. | My sons and daughters you shall be Through the atoning blood; And you shall claim, and find, in me, A Father, and a God.” | Lord, speak these words to every heart, By thine all–powerful voice; That we may now from sin depart, And make thy love our choice. | If now, we learn to seek thy face By Christ, the living way; We’ll praise thee for this hour of grace, Through an eternal day. | |