Urgent Appeal

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1 O sinner, heed the voice of God,
It speaks to you to-day,
And calls you by his sacred word
From sin's destructive way.

2 It bids you turn to him, and live
Through his abounding grace;
His mercy will the guilt forgive
Of those who seek his face.

3 Bow to the scepter of his word,
Renouncing every sin:
Submit to him, your sovereign Lord,
And bid him reign within.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #397

Author: John Fawcett

An orphan at the age of twelve, John Fawcett (b. Lidget Green, Yorkshire, England, 1740; d. Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, 1817) became apprenticed to a tailor and was largely self-educated. He was converted by the preaching of George Whitefield at the age of sixteen and began preaching soon thereafter. In 1765 Fawcett was called to a small, poor, Baptist country church in Wainsgate, Yorkshire. Seven years later he received a call from the large and influential Carter's Lane Church in London, England. Fawcett accepted the call and preached his farewell sermon. The day of departure came, and his family's belongings were loaded on carts, but the distraught congregation begged him to stay. In Singers and Songs of the Church (1869), Josiah Miller te… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Sinners, the voice of God regard
Title: Urgent Appeal
Author: John Fawcett
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Choice Selection of Evangelical Hymns, from various authors #212

A Choice Selection of Hymns. 2nd ed. #d179

A Choice Selection of Hymns. 6th ed. #d224

A Collection of Evergreen Hymns, for All the People. New ed. #d128

A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d524

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches #227

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy #227

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A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #227

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A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship #172

A Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Generally Used at Camp and Prayer Meetings #d194

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d749

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d753

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d754

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #353

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in America #d318

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #334

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #20

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #20

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d537

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the United Brethren in Christ #d310

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d454

A Collection of Hymns from Various Authors. New ed. #d289

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #164

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #80

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A Collection of Hymns #20

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of Universalist Societies and Families 16ed. #594

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns Suited to the Various Occasions of Public Worship #d288

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #159

A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #d273

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A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #159

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A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #159

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A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #370

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A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #147

A New and Beautiful Collection of Select Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d285

A New and Choice Selection of Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d137

A New Book of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal and Other Churches #d222

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A New Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #783

A Prayer Meeting and Revival Hymn Book . 27th ed. #d422

A Prayer Meeting and Revival Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d266

A Selection of Hymns #d254

A Selection of Hymns ... Supplement to the Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 1st ed #d248

A Selection of Hymns for the Use of Church of England Sunday Schools, Bible Classes ... New ed. #d251

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A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors. #116a

A Selection of Hymns, from Various Authors #d341

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A Selection of Hymns #CXVI

Advent Hymn Book #d85

Baptist Harmony #d206

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Baptist Hymn Book #a222

Chapel Hymns #d490

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Choral Echoes from the Church of God in All Ages #67

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Christian Melodies #311

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Christian Melodies #311

Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d798

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Christian's Duty, exhibited in a series of hymns #256

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d921

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Church Melodies #128

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Church Psalmist #270

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Church Psalmist #270

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Church Psalmist #270

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Church Psalmody #H247

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Church Psalmody #247

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d632

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Divine Hymns, or Spiritual Songs #CLVIII

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Dyer's Psalmist #94

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Evangelical Hymnal #192

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Evangelical Hymns #141

Family Hymns #d213

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Free Methodist Hymnal #192

General Baptist Hymn Book #d414

Hallowed Songs #d301

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Hallowed Songs #73

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Hallowed Songs #154

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #297

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d463

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #297

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #240

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #240

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #533

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #533

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Hymn Book of the United Evangelical Church #192

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Hymn-Book of the Evangelical Association #231

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #371

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #371

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Hymns and Spiritual Songs (New ed.) #22

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Hymns for Christian Melody #242

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Hymns for Social Worship #106

Hymns for the Hospital Chapel, Worcester #d190

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #425

Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Impr. ed. #d434

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