The Lord’s Call to His Children

I

Let us adore the grace that seeks
  To draw our hearts above!
Attend, ’tis God the Saviour speaks,
  And every word is love.

II

Though fill’d with awe, before his throne
  Each angel veils his face;
He claims a people for his own
  Amongst our sinful race.

III

Careless, awhile, they live in sin,
  Enslaved to Satan’s power;
But they obey the call divine
  In his appointed hour.

IV

“Come forth,” He says, “no more pursue
  The paths that lead to death;
Look up, a bleeding Saviour view;
  Look, and be saved by faith.

V

“My sons and daughters you shall be
  Through the atoning blood;
And you shall claim and find in me
  A Father and a God.”

VI

Lord, speak these words to every heart,
  By thine all-powerful voice;
That we may now from sin depart,
  And make thy love our choice.

VII

If now we learn to seek thy face
  By Christ the living way,
We’ll praise thee for this hour of grace,
  Through an eternal day.