Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #588 (1828) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 Blest Lord, behold the guilty scorn
Of those who hate and mock our praise;
Pity their state, and make them turn,
No more to walk in sinful ways.
2 Anxious we see their wretched state,
Who never think of heav'n or hell;
They laugh and sport, and court the gate,
Which opes where endless terrors dwell.
3 Lead them to view a sinful heart,
A soul all enmity to thee,
Destroy'd, defil'd in every part,
Too proud to bow, to blind to wee.
4 Lead them to view a holy law,
Which justly dooms to endless death,
To feel that guilt which Jesus saw,
And pray'd 'Forgive,' with dying breath.
5 Open their eyes, unstop their ears,
To hear condemning justice sound;
Lord, change their hearts, and then their tears
Will witness grief to all around.
Topics: Kingdom and Church of Christ In a state of Revival; Prayer for opposers of revivals
Blest Lord, behold the guilty scorn