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CONVICTION AND CONVERSION.
10 He spake, and brightness shown around,
He said, ‘ I have a ransom found;
I bought your pardon on the tree,
And come to set the sinner free.’
11 My heart rebounded like a roe,
And glory in my soul did flow ;
My sins were gone, and I was free—
My Saviour lived and died for me.
12 1 leaped and shouted out aloud,
And longed for wings to reach the cloud,
T’ embrace my Saviour in my arms,
And gaze forever on his charms.
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The penitant venturing.
1 DITY a helpless sinner, Lord,
1 Who would believe thy gracious word,
But own my heart with shame and grief,
A mass of sin and unbelief.
2 Lord, in thy house I read there’s room,
And venturing hard, behold I come ;
But can there, tell me, can there be,
Amongst thy children, room for me ?
3 For sinners, Lord, thou cam’st to bleed,
And I’m a sinner vile indeed:
Lord, I believe thy grace is free,
O magnify that grace in me !
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Confession ana forgiveness.
1 /\/l Y sorrows, like a flood,
1 ’ ' Impatient of restraint,
Into thy bosom, O My God,
Pour out a long complaint.
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