"WHOSOEVER WILL"

"Come, whosoever will"
An invitation sweet,
To allwho have been led
To fall at Jesus' feet

To all the chosen seed
Of Adam's fallen race;
To all before ordained,
And chosen by His grace;

To those for whom He died,
And shed His precious blood;
To those who oft have tried
To flee the wrath of God.

To these, and these alone,
The invitation's sweet;
For these, yes, these are they
Who fall at Jesus' feet

They have been shown their sin,
Their wretched, ruined state;
The gulf that they were in,
When filled with lust and hate.

And now they're taught to pray
For pardon at His feet;
They're oft constrained to say,
"The invitation's sweet."

J.E.F.
(Taken from The Sower 1885)