FATHER of omnipresent grace! We seem agreed to seek thy face; But every soul...

FATHER of omnipresent grace! We seem agreed to seek thy face; But every soul assembled here Doth naked in thy sight appear: Thou know'st who only bows the knee, And who in heart approaches thee.

Thy Spirit hath the difference made Betwixt the living and the dead; Thou now dost into some inspire The pure, benevolent desire: O that even now thy powerful call May quicken and convert us all!

The sinners suddenly convince, O'erwhelmed beneath their load of sins; To-day, while it is called to-day, Awake, and stir them up to pray, Their dire captivity to own, And from the iron furnace groan.

Then, then acknowledge, and set free The people bought, O Lord, by thee! The sheep for whom their Shepherd bled, For whom we in thy Spirit plead: Let all in thee redemption find, And not a soul be left behind.