Escape for thy life

See Sodom wrapt in fire!And hark, what piercing shrieks!Those daring rebels now expire,For God in justice speaks.

O sinner, mark thy fate!Soon will the Judge appear;And then thy cries will come too late;Too late for God to hear.

Thy day of mercy gone,The Spirit grieved away,Thy cup, long filling, now o'erflown,Demands the vengeful day.

Thy God, insulted, seemsTo draw his glittering sword;And o'er thy guilty head it gleams,To vindicate his word.

One only hope I see;Oh, sinner, seize it now,—The blood that Jesus shed for thee!No other hope hast thou.