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CONVICTION AND CONVERSION.
143 L. M.
The hiding-place.
1 L_I AIL, sovereign love ! that first began
1 1 The scheme to rescue fallen man :
Hail, matchless, free, eternal grace,
That gave my soul a hiding-place !
2 Against the God who rules the sky,
I fought with hands uplifted high ;
Despised the mention of his grace,
Too proud to seek a hiding-place.
3 But thus the eternal counsel ran:
‘Almighty love, arrest the man I ’
I felt the arrows of disgrace,
And found I had no hiding-place
4 Vindictive justice stood in view,
To Sinai’s fiery mount I flew ;
But justice cried with frowning face,
‘ This mountain is no hiding-place.’
5 At length a heavenly voice I heard,
And mercy for my soul appeared,
Which led me on with smiling face,
To Jesus Christ my hiding-place.
144 P. M.
Jesus the good Physician.
1 LJ OW lost was my condition,
1 1 *piH Jesus made me whole !
There is but one Physician
Can cure a sin-sick soul:
Next door to death he found me,
And snatched me from the grave,
To tell to all around me,
.His wondrous power to save.
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