64. "Call Them In"--The Poor, the Wretched

8.7.8.7.D.
by Anna Shipton
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"Call them in" — the poor, the wretched,
 
Sin-stained wanderers from the fold:
 
Peace and pardon freely offer;
 
Can you weigh their worth in gold?
 
"Call them in!" — the weak, the weary,
 
Laden with the doom of sin;
 
Bid them come and rest in Jesus,
 
He is waiting: "Call them in!"
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"Call them in!" — the Jew, the Gentile,
 
Bid the stranger to the feast:
 
"Call them in!" — the rich, the noble,
 
From the highest to the least.
 
Forth the Father runs to meet them,
 
He hath all their sorrows seen;
 
Robe and ring and royal sandals
 
Wait the lost ones: "Call them in!"
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"Call them in!" — the brokenhearted,
 
Cowering neath the brand of shame;
 
Speak love’s message low and tender,
 
’Twas for sinners Jesus came.
 
See! the shadows lengthen round us,
 
Soon the day-dawn will begin;
 
Can you leave them lost and lonely?
 
Christ is coming: "Call them in!"
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