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by Frances Ridley Havergal

Day 18

Without Christ

Eph. ii. X3.

John vi. 68.
Luke xix. xo.
X Pet.i. 18,19.
Rev. V. 9.
Rom. iii. 33.
Eph. L 7.
Heb. vi. xp.
Gal. vi. X4.

Ps. lxxiii. 33.
Cant. v. XO.
Phil. iii. 8.
Matt, xiii.44.

X Pet. ii. 7.
Ps. xviii. 3.
Ps. xxxiv. 8
John i. 46.

‘At that time ye were without Christ**

T COULD not do without Thee,

-*■ O Saviour of the lost!

Whose precious blood redeemed me

At such tremendous cost
Thy righteousness, Thy pardon.

Thy precious blood — must be
My only hope and comfort.

My glory and my plea,

I could not do without Him I

Jesus is more to me Than all the richest, fairest gifts

Of earth could ever be. But the more I find Him precious,

And the more I find Him true,
The more I long for you to find

What He can be to you.

You need not do without Him,

For He is passing by;
He is waiting to be gracious,

Only waiting for your cry.
He is waiting to receive you, —

To make you all His own!
Why will you do without Him,

And wander on alone?

Why will you do without Him?

Is He not kind indeed?
Did He not die to save you?

Is He not all you need?
Do you not want a Saviour?

Do you not want a Friend? One who will love you faithfully,

And love you to the end?

Why will you do without Him?

The Word of God is true: The world is passing to its doom,

And you are passing too.
It may be, no to-morrow

Shall dawn for you or me;
Why will you run the awful risk

Of all eternity?

Hos. xiiL 9.
Matt. XX. 30.
Isa. XXX. x8.
Isa. XXX. 19.

2 Cor, VI. 17.
Isa. xliiL x.
Hos. xL 8.
Hos. xir. a.

Ho6.xiu. xa
Tit. Hi. 4.
Rom. V. 8.
John iv. 14.

Acts V. 31.
John XV. 14.
Hos. ii. 30.
John xiiL i.

Jcr. iv. 30w
Matt.xxiv.3S
X John ii. X7.
Ps. cxliv. 4«
Jas. iv. 14.
Prov.xxviLx.
Prov. xxtx. X.

THE ROYAL INVITATION.

Hos. iz. 5.

Eccl. xu. I.

Isa. lix. 9, xo.

Hot.iL6.

Hos. xiu. 9,
Jcr. iL 17,

Jer. ii. «5.

Job vik 4.

What will you do without Him

In the long ftnd dreaty day
Of trouble and perplexity,

When you do not know the way;
And no one else can help you.

And no one guides you right, And hope comes not with morning,

And rest comes not with night?

Rom. vii. 94.
John viii. 33,
Rom. viii. a.

Ps. xxxTiii.4.

Exck. xxxiii.

Jer. xvii. 9.

Jer. xvil. 14.

You could not do Without Him,

If once He made you see
The fetters that enchain you

Till He hath set you free; If once you saw the fearful load

Of sin upon your soul, — The hidden plague that ends in death,

Unless He makes you whole!

Jcr. ni. 5.
Ecd. xii. 3.
Ctmt.Tiii.6,7.
z John iV. z8.
Jer. xiii. x6.
Job viiL 13,14

Job X. 3Z, 23.

Pi.xziiL4.

What will you do without Him

When death is drawing near, Without His love — the only love

That casts out every fear;
When the shadow-valley opens,

Unlighted and unknown,
And the terrors of its darkness

Must all be passed alone?

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‘J^^o xiy. 5,

, cts iv. w.

Ph. if. ,a,

, ^^J^viii.35.

Johniff. 3(s.

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THE kOYAL INVITATION.

Cant. iv. 8.
Johnxvu. 34.
Isa. XXXV. zo.
xThcss.iv.17

Ps. cvii. 9.
Eph.ui.z9,ao
Isa. xxvi. 3.
Ps. xvi. XI.

Jcr. V. 31.
Kev. ui. 20.
2 Cor. vi. 2.
Matt. yvL. 13.
Mark x. 49.
John vi. 67.
Hos. ii. 14.
John XV. 13.

Ezek. xxxiii.

John viL 37.

Matt. xL 28.

Isa. lxv. z, 2.

Matt, xxiii.

Ps. xlii. X, 2.

z John V. Z2.

Jer. xxxl 3 But with Him — oh! with Jesus 1 —

Are any words so blest?
With Jesus — everlasting joy

And everlasting rest! With Jesus — all the empty heart

Filled with His perfect love! With Jesus — perfect peace .below,

And perfect bliss above!

Why should you do without Him? —

It is not yet too late; He has not closed the day of grace,

He has not shut the gate. He calls you I — hush! He calls you !-

He would not have you go
Another step without Him,

Because He loves you so.

Why will you do without Him?

He calls and calls again — * Come unto Me! Come unto Me! ’

Oh, shall He call in vain?
He wants to have you with Him;

Do you not want Him too?
You cannot do without Him,

And He wants — even you 1
COME AlVAY.

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