587 S.M. W. Gadsby
Gospel Invitation. Rev. 22. 17; Isa. 55. 1
1
Come, whosoever will,
 
Nor vainly strive to mend;
 
Sinners are freely welcome still
 
To Christ, the sinner’s Friend.
2
The gospel-table’s spread
 
And richly furnished too,
 
With wine and milk, and living bread,
 
And dainties not a few.
3
[The guilty, vile, and base,
 
The wretched and forlorn,
 
Are welcome to the feast of grace,
 
Though goodness they have none.]
4
No goodness he expects;
 
He came to save the poor;
 
Poor helpless souls he ne’er neglects,
 
Nor sends them from his door.
5
His tender, loving heart
 
The vilest will embrace;
 
And freely to them will impart
 
The riches of his grace.