Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord…for He will freely pardon.
Isaiah 55:7
Words: Stella M. Thompson, in Glad News, edited by W. N Cook (Hudson, North Carolina: Teachers’ Music Publishing, 1916), number 29.
Music: Minnie Flinn (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Thompson or Flinn (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Tho’ you’re straying in darkness away from the fold,
In blindness e’er deeming your blessings but few,
If today you’ll repent, there is rapture untold,
A glorious pardon for you.
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O sinner, there’s pardon
Thro’ Jesus’ own sacrificed blood;
O sinner, there’s pardon
Too long in your doubting you’ve stood!
Our Redeemer has promised to all who believe
The boon of forgiveness, I know it is true;
Oh! no longer delaying, sin’s wilderness leave,
There’s glorious pardon for you.
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There’s a place at the feet of our Savior and king
So easy to find, if by faith you pursue;
With a heart that is humble your burdens now bring,
There’s glorious pardon for you.
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Since His blood is sufficient for every sin,
Oh! come as the Savior is bidding you do;
He will gladly receive and will cleanse you within,
There’s glorious pardon for you.
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