Classic Poem

CHARITY Tune .

Who can forbear to sing,
Who can refuse to praise,
When Zion's high celestial King
His saving pow'r displays?

When sinners at his feet,
By mercy conquer'd, fall;
When grace, and truth, and justice, meet,
And peace unites them all?

When that terrific law
Which, from the blazing mount,
Fill'd Isr'el's trembling camp with awe,
Shews a discharg'd account?

When the sweet gospel sound,
The silver trump of heav'n,
Proclaims, to contrite souls around,
That all their sin's forgiv'n?

When heav'n's expanding gates
Invite the pilgrims' feet,
And Jesus, at their entrance, waits
To place them on his seat?

Who can forbear to praise
Our high celestial King,
When sov'reign, rich, redeeming grace,
Invites our tongues to sing?