Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Delay not delay not O sinner draw near
Topic: The Gospel Invitations
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 11s
Tune: Expostulation
Hymn Number: 250
Page Number: 096, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsDelay not, delay not, O sinner! draw near,
The waters of life are now flowing for thee;
No price is demanded, the Savior is here,
Redemption is purchased--salvation is free.
Delay not, delay not! why longer abuse
The love and compassion of Jesus our Lord?
A fountain is opened--how canst thou refuse
To wash and be cleansed in his pardoning blood?
Delay not, delay not, O sinner, to come!
For mercy still lingers, and calls thee to-day;
Her voice is not heard in the vale of the tomb;
Her message, unheeded, will soon pass away.
Delay not, delay not! the Spirit of grace,
Long grieved and resisted, entreats thee to come;
Beware, lest in darkness thou finish thy race,
And sink to the vale of eternity's gloom.