Hymns · 1762

A death-devoted race

Details

Hymnal / album Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2

Publisher Farley

Copyright Public Domain (Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. The publication year, if correct, suggests that this work may be in public domain in the U.S..)

Scripture connections

References

Verses this song directly draws from

Ezekiel 18:31-32 Ezekiel 33:11

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to

Deuteronomy 30:19-20 Isaiah 49:8 John 5:40 II Corinthians 6:2

Lyrics

Verse 1
A death-devoted race
If thou hast pass’d us by;
Excluded from thy heavenly grace,
We must for ever die: (Ezek. 18:31, Ezek. 33:11)
But not by thy decree;
(Who freely would’st forgive;)
We perish, Lord, in spite of thee,
Because we will not live. (John 5:40)

Verse 2
Yet, O most patient Lord,
Suffice the season past: (Isa. 49:8, II Cor. 6:2)
We hear the kind inviting word,
And turn to thee at last, (Ezek. 18:32)
The benefit embrace
To all so freely given,
And chuse in Christ the life of grace, (Deut. 30:19-20)
The glorious life of heaven.