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Prepare to Meet Thy God
Olney Hymns, William Cowper, from Cowper's Poems, Sheldon & Company, New York
Prepare to Meet Thy God
Olney Hymns, William Cowper, from Cowper's Poems, Sheldon & Company, New York
Sin has undone our wretched race; This we repeat from year to year, Blessings upon the rising race! We feel for your unhappy state, We see though you perceive it not, Dear Saviour, let this new-born yearBut Jesus has restored,
And brought the sinner face to face
With his forgiving Lord.
And press upon our youth;
Lord, give them an attentive ear,
Lord, save them by Thy truth!
Make this a happy hour,
According to Thy richest grace,
And Thine Almighty power.
(May you regard it too,)
And would a while ourselves forget
To pour out prayer for you.
The approaching awful doom;
Oh, tremble at the solemn thought,
And flee the wrath to come!
Spread an alarm abroad;
And cry in every careless ear,
