54*. Come, Ye Sinners Poor and Needy

8,7.
by J. Hart, 1759
1
Come, ye sinners poor and needy,
 
Weak and wounded, sick and sore,
 
Jesus ready stands to save you,
 
Full of pity, love and power;
 
He is able,
 
He is willing, doubt no more.
“Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.” (Hebrews 7:25)
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” (2 Peter 3:9)
2
Let not conscience make you linger,
 
Nor of fitness fondly dream;
 
All the fitness He requireth
 
Is to feel your need of Him.
 
This He gives you,
 
’Tis the Spirit’s rising beam.
3
Come, ye weary, heavy-laden,
 
Lost and ruined by the fall;
 
If you tarry till you’re better,
 
You will never come at all.
 
Not the righteous,
 
Sinners Jesus came to call.
4
Agonizing in the garden,
 
Lo! the Savior prostrate lies;
 
On the bloody tree behold Him,
 
Hear Him cry before He dies,
 
"It is finished!"
 
Sinner, will not this suffice?
5
Lo! the Incarnate God ascended,
 
Pleads the merits of His blood;
 
Venture on Him, venture freely,
 
Let no other trust intrude:
 
None but Jesus
 
Can do helpless sinners good.
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