The Lord's Call To His Children Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGH IJIK LMLN OPOP DQDQ| Let us adore the grace that seeks | A |
| To draw our hearts above | B |
| Attend 'tis God the Saviour speaks | A |
| And every word is love | B |
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| Though filled with awe before his throne | C |
| Each angel veils his face | D |
| He claims a people for his own | C |
| Amongst our sinful race | D |
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| Careless awhile they live in sin | E |
| Enslaved to Satan's pow'r | F |
| But they obey the call divine | G |
| In his appointed hour | H |
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| Come forth he says no more pursue | I |
| The paths that lead to death | J |
| Look up a bleeding Saviour view | I |
| Look and be saved by faith | K |
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| My sons and daughters you shall be | L |
| Through the atoning blood | M |
| And you shall claim and find in me | L |
| A Father and a God | N |
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| Lord speak these words to every heart | O |
| By thine all powerful voice | P |
| That we may now from sin depart | O |
| And make thy love our choice | P |
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| If now we learn to seek thy face | D |
| By Christ the living way | Q |
| We'll praise thee for this hour of grace | D |
| Through an eternal day | Q |
John Newton
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