O, guil­ty one, haste
To the ci­ty of re­fuge,
Where mer­cy awaits thee,
So bound­less and free;
O, haste with thy bur­den
Of sin and of sor­row;
Thy lov­ing Re­deem­er
Is wait­ing for thee.

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O fly to the refuge!
To the re­fuge sure and free;
With thy sin and sor­row;
Jesus waits for thee.

O, guil­ty one, haste!
For the day beams are fad­ing,
Afar on the de­sert;
Say, why wilt thou roam?
The arms of the Sav­ior
Will glad­ly en­fold thee;
He longs with for­give­ness
To wel­come thee home.

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O, wea­ry one, haste!
For the night clouds pur­sue thee;
How dark­ly they frown
On the cold mount­ain’s brow;
The voice of the tem­pest
Is wail­ing around thee,
And none but the Sav­ior
Can shel­ter thee now.

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