Sovereign Call

In darkness souls are languishing

Our sin, how deep it stains!

And Satan binds man’s captive minds

Fast in his weighty chains.

But there's a voice of sovereign grace

Sounds from the sacred word:

Come to me, sinners in despair

And trust upon the Lord!

Each soul that obeys His sovereign call,

May run to this relief;

I would believe your promise, Lord;

O help my unbelief!

Chorus:

I hear your sovereign call Lord

I rise at your command

I hear and heed your sovereign call

Write my name upon your hand!

I hear your sovereign call Lord

You chose to seek and save

You give the grace to follow you

Just as you raised me from my grave!

So to the fountain of your blood,

Incarnate God, I fly;

Here let me wash my spotted soul

From crimes of deepest dye.

Stretch out your arm, victorious King

My reigning sins subdue;

Drive the old dragon from his seat,

And give me life anew

This guilty, weak, and helpless dust,

On your kind arms I fall;

Now be my King of righteousness,

My Jesus, be my ALL!

Chorus:

I hear your sovereign call Lord

I rise at your command

I hear and heed your sovereign call

Write my name upon your hand!

I hear your sovereign call Lord

You chose to seek and save

You give the grace to follow you

Just as you raised me from my grave!

After Isaac Watts

Anthony Foster

July 31, 2018