The Gospel Invitation

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We are told of the feast and the wedding

Author: Horace N. Lincoln
Tune: [We are told of the feast and the wedding]
Published in 8 hymnals

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1 We are told of the feast and the wedding,
Which the King had prepared in his home,
When the few that were bidden had spurned it,
Many more were invited to come.

Refrain:
Out on the highways, into the byways,
Over the mountain, over the sea,
Carry the message, tell of salvation,
Ring out the tidings, “Mercy is free.”

2 Christ today spreads a banquet of mercy,
And his servants invite to his home;
Sinner, all now is ready and waiting,
On the highways of sin cease to roam. [Refrain]

3 Slight no longer the kind invitation,
And the message of mercy we bring;
O accept now the bounty of Jesus,
And sit down at the feet of thy King. [Refrain]

4 Still the Spirit so tenderly woos you,
And the Bride full of love, echoes, “Come;”
Him that heareth and will, whosoever,
Let him come to the heavenly home. [Refrain]

Source: The Finest of the Wheat No. 3 #82

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Author: Horace N. Lincoln

Horace Neely Lincoln, 1859-1948. Horace was the son of James Lincoln and Emaline King, and husband of Etta Lee Thurmand (married 1887). He moved with his family to Texas when he was seven years old. At age 10, he began attending a singing school conducted by James M. Jolley of Mississippi. In 1880, he taught his first singing class in his old neighborhood school house. Later that year, he attended his first normal music school, taught at Mountain Home (now Holland), Texas. Lincoln had other musical training under L. B. Shook (a former student of Philip Bliss) and John McPherson of Illinois. In 1898, he graduated from the Chicago Nationa… Go to person page >

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First Line:	We are told of the feast and the wedding
Title:	The Gospel Invitation
Author:	Horace N. Lincoln
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Out on the highways, into the byways
Copyright:	Public Domain