The Sinner — Warning and Invitation

O sinner, heed the voice of God

No. 397
Words John Fawcett.
Singing key E♭ major
3 stanzas

Sung to LITCHFIELD (hymn 201)

Words

O sinner, heed the voice of God,It speaks to you to-day,And calls you by his sacred wordFrom sin's destructive way.

It bids you turn to him, and liveThrough his abounding grace;His mercy will the guilt forgiveOf those who seek his face.

Bow to the scepter of his word,Renouncing every sin:Submit to him, your sovereign Lord,And bid him reign within.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «397» (large) with the reference line «201, 204.» in italics beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 201 or 204); the hymn heads the right column of p. 129, stanzas 1–3, with «John Fawcett.» in italics after stanza 3. The first words «O SINNER» are set as a capital «O» followed by «SINNER» in small capitals; written in ordinary type here. The stanza numbers are printed without a period («1» … «3»); written «1.» … here as in the other deliveries of this book. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «:» («grace ;», «sin :»); it is closed up here. «to-day» with its hyphen and «scepter» as printed; the printer's curly apostrophe is written straight («sin's»). Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. No meter is printed (the text is C. M., 8.6.8.6, like the referenced tunes). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.