Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
Matthew 22:4
Words: Isaac N. McHose, in Songs of Sovereign Grace, by J. Lincoln Hall, William Kirkpatrick & Winfield S. Weeden (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Hall-Mack, 1897), number 57.
Music: William J. Kirkpatrick (🔊 pdf nwc).
There’s a feast now awaiting,
Prepared by loving hands,
In the midst of the banquet,
The gentle Savior stands;
Then no longer go roving
O’er deserts bare and wild,
See! the Father now is waiting
To greet His weary child.
Refrain
You’re invited, are you coming?
O accept the invitation;
All things are ready, come;
You’re invited, are you coming?
See the Father now is waiting
To welcome wanderers home.
Come, for all things are ready,
Why will you stay away?
Hear the kind invitation,
O come, without delay;
’Tis the day of salvation;
Why will you longer roam?
There’s a mansion now preparing,
For you in yonder home.
Refrain
’Tis a feast everlasting,
Abundant, rich and free,
Thro’ the blood of the Savior,
An open door we see;
Come and wear the white raiment,
The wedding garment fair,
And the Lord and all His angels
Will bid you welcome there.
Refrain