528    C.M.     W. Gadsby
The Gospel. Rom. 10. 15; Isa. 51. 1-3; Nahum 1. 15

1 The gospel is good news indeed,
  To sinners deep in debt;
  The man who has no works to plead,
  Will thankful be for it.

2 To know that when he’s nought to pay,
  His debts are all discharged,
  Will make him blooming look as May,
  And set his soul at large.

3 No news can be compared with this,
  To men oppressed with sin;
  Who know what legal bondage is,
  And labour but in vain.

4 Freedom from sin and Satan’s chains,
  And legal toil as well,
  The gospel sweetly now proclaims;
  Which tidings suit them well.

5 How gladly does the prisoner hear
  What gospel has to tell!
  ’Tis perfect love that casts out fear,
  And brings him from his cell.

6 The man that feels his guilt abound,
  And knows himself unclean,
  Will find the gospel’s joyful sound
  Is welcome news to him.