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CONVICTION AND CONVERSION.
He heard, and instantly he sent
Salvation from on high.
S My drooping head he raised,
My bleeding wounds he healed,
Pardoned my sins, and with a smile,
The gracious pardon sealed.
7 O may I ne’er forget,
The mercy of my God,
Nor ever want a tongue to spread
His loudest praise abroad.
150 8s, 8s, and 6s.
The sinner ‘must be born again.*
1 A WAKED by Sinai’s awful sound,
/v My soul in guilt and thrall I found,
And knew not what to do ;
O’erwhelmed with guilt, with anguish slain,
I saw I ‘ must be born again,’
Or sink in endless woe.
2 Amazed I stood, but could not tell
Which way to shun a moving hell.
For death and hell drew near:
I strove indeed, but strove in vain,
‘ The sinner must be born again,’
Still sounded in my ear.
3 When to the law I trembling fled,
It cursed me and pronounced me dead—
I fell beneath its weight:
This perfect truth renewed my pain,
‘ The sinner must be born again
My woe I can’t relate.
4 Again did Sinai’s thunders roll,
And guilt lay heavy on my soul—
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