Hark! Sinner, Hark!

Hark! sin­ner

hark! God speaks to thee;

How shall I let thee go?

How shall I thy de­struct­ion see

And all thine ang­uish know?

Sinner

how shall I give thee up?

I’ve loved thee as a child;

Yet of thy sins

thou fill’st the cup

As if with pass­ion wild.

Sinner

how shall I let thee go?

My heart doth yearn for thee

Yet thou dost love trans­gress­ion so

Thou wilt not turn to Me.

O sin­ner

stop! pause in thy path

Pause

ere it be too late;

And now

while I hold back My wrath

Escape thy threat­en­ing fate.

But if thou wilt not

then I must

Forever let thee go;

And that I am both kind and just

The uni­verse shall know.