The Lord's Call To His Children Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGH IJIK LMLN OPOP DQDQLet 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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