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Advance, O hopeless mortal, steeled in guilt, Behold, and if thou canst, forbear to melt! Shall Jesus die, thy freedom to regain, And wilt thou drag the voluntary chain? Wilt thou refuse thy kind assent to give, When, dying, He looks down to bid thee live? Perverse, wilt thou reject the proffered good, Bought with His life, and streaming in His blood? Whose virtue can thy deepest crimes efface, Re-heal thy nature, and confirm thy peace! Can all the errors of thy life atone, And raise thee from a rebel to a son.
Advance, O hopeless mortal, steeled in guilt, Behold, and if thou canst, forbear to melt! Shall Jesus die, thy freedom to regain, And wilt thou drag the voluntary chain? Wilt thou refuse thy kind assent to give, When, dying, He looks down to bid thee live? Perverse, wilt thou reject the proffered good, Bought with His life, and streaming in His blood? Whose virtue can thy deepest crimes efface, Re-heal thy nature, and confirm thy peace! Can all the errors of thy life atone, And raise thee from a rebel to a son.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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Page 43 · printed citation: Boyse · subject: ATONEMENT
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