Nor prayers nor penance in the cause avail;
All strong remorse, all soft contrition fail:—
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It is the call! till that proclaims us free,
In darkness, doubt, and bondage we must be;
Till that assures us, we've in vain endured,
And all is over when we're once assured.
"This is conversion:—First, there comes a cry
Which utters, 'Sinner, thou'rt condemned to die;'
Then the struck soul to every aid repairs,