Analysis of Hymn II: Come, Sinners, to the Gospel Feast

John Wesley 1703 (Epworth, Lincolnshire) – 1791 (London)



Come, sinners, to the gospel feast,
Let every soul be Jesu's guest;
Ye need not one be left behind,
For God hath bidden all mankind.

Sent by my Lord, on you I call,
The invitation is to ALL:
Come, all the world; come, sinner, thou!
All things in Christ are ready now.

Come, all ye souls by sin opprest,
Ye restless wanderers after rest,
Ye poor, and maimed, and halt, and blind,
In Christ a hearty welcome find.

Come, and partake the gospel feast;
Be saved from sin; in Jesus rest;
O taste the goodness of your God,
And eat his flesh, and drink his blood!

Ye vagrant souls, on you I call;
(O that my voice could reach you all!)
Ye all may now be justified,
Ye all may live, for Christ hath died.

My message as from God receive,
Ye all may come to Christ, and live;
O let his love your hearts constrain,
Nor suffer him to die in vain!

His love is mighty to compel;
His conquering love consent to feel,
Yield to his love's resistless power,
And fight against your God no more.

See him set forth before your eyes,
That precious, bleeding sacrifice!
His offered benefits embrace,
And freely now be saved by grace.

This is the time; no more delay!
This is the acceptable day,
Come in, this moment, at his call,
And live for him who died for all.


Scheme ABCC DDEE ABCC ABXX DDFF XXGG XXXX XXHH IIDD
Poetic Form Quatrain  (44%)
Metre 11010101 11001111 11111101 11110111 11111111 0010111 11011101 11011101 1111111 110100101 11010101 01010101 10010101 11110101 11010111 01110111 11011111 11111111 1111110 11111111 11011101 11111101 11111101 11011101 11110101 110010111 1111110 01011111 11110111 1101010 11010001 01011111 11011101 11001001 10110111 01111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,221
Words 240
Sentences 14
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 36
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:12 min read
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John Wesley

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