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The Sinner — Warning and Invitation

Come, ye souls by sin afflicted

  • No. 413
  • Words Joseph Swain.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Come, ye souls by sin afflicted,Bowed with fruitless sorrow down,By the perfect law convicted,Through the cross behold the crown;Look to Jesus;Mercy flows through him alone,

2

Take his easy yoke and wear it;Love will make obedience sweet;Christ will give you strength to bear it,While his wisdom guides your feetSafe to glory,Where his ransomed captives meet.

3

Sweet as home to pilgrims weary,Light to newly opened eyes,Or full springs in deserts dreary,Is the rest the cross supplies;All who taste itShall to rest immortal rise.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «413» (large) at the foot of the left column of p. 133, under «Joseph Hart.» of hymn 412, with the italic reference line «854, 295, 860.» (= sing to the tunes of hymns 854, 295 or 860) beside the number; three stanzas of six lines (8.7.8.7.4.7), numbered «1»–«3» — the first two lines of stanza 1 at the foot of the left column, the rest of the hymn at the top of the right column; «Joseph Swain.» in italics after stanza 3, at the foot of the right column above hymn 414. The first word «COME» is set in capitals and small capitals. Lines 2, 4 and 6 of each stanza are indented in the print, line 5 further. The print sets a thin space before «;» («crown ;», «Jesus ;», «wear it ;», «sweet ;», «supplies ;»); it is closed up here. No meter is printed (the text is 8s & 7s with a short fifth line, like hymn 412 and the tunes referred to). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Sinner — Warning and Invitation · No. 413 · printed page 133
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01