The Sinner Found Wanting

Verse 1

Raise, thoughtless sinner, raise thine eye; Behold God's balance lifted high; There shall his justice be display'd, And there thy hope and life be weigh'd.

Verse 2

See in one scale his perfect law; Mark with what force its precepts draw; Would'st thou the awful test sustain, Thy works how light! thy thoughts how vain!

Verse 3

Great God! exert thy pow'r to save; Deep on the heart this truth engrave; Disperse the mist from sinners' eyes, And make the wretched triflers wise.

Verse 4

O let them seize the present day, Nor risk salvation by delay; And, while they tremble, let them flee, And find their help, their life, in thee.