How freely he'll forgive.

4Return, O wanderer, now return,

And wipe the falling tear;

Thy Father calls--no longer mourn;

'T is love invites thee near.

273. C. M. Moore.

"Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much."

1Were not the sinful Mary's tears

An offering worthy heaven,

When, o'er the faults of former years,