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Text:The repenting Prodigal

LXV. The repenting Prodigal

1 Lo! what a rapturous joy possest
The tender parent's throbbing breast,
To see his spendthrift son return,
And hear him his past follies mourn.

2 Thus our bless'd Saviour wont despise
The contrite heart for sacrifice;
The deep-fetch'd sigh, the secret groan,
Rises accepted to his throne.

3 He meets, with tokens of his grace
The trembling lip, the blushing face;
His bowels yearn when sinners pray,
And mercy bears their sins away.

4 When fill'd with grief, o'erwhelm'd with shame,
He, pitying, heals their broken frame;
He hears their sad complaints, and spies
His image in their weeping eyes.

Text Information
First Line: Lo! what a rapturous joy possest
Title: The repenting Prodigal
Meter: L. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1799
Scripture:
Topic: Repentance: Of the Prodigal
Notes: Now Public Domain. Corrected hymn on page 340
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