Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Sinners turn why will you die
Topic: The Gospel Invitations
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: T Perkins
Meter: 7s
Tune: Cookham
Hymn Number: 227
Page Number: 087, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSinners, turn--why will you die?
God, your Maker, asks you why;
God, who did your being give,
Make you with himself to live.
Sinners, turn--why will you die?
Christ, your Savior, asks you why;
He, who did your souls retrieve,
He, who died that you might live.
Will you let him die in vain?
Crucify your Lord again?
Why, you ransomed sinners, why
Will you slight his grace and die?
Will you not his grace receive?
Will you still refuse to live?
Oh! you dying sinners, why--
Why will you forever die?