Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Life is the time to serve the Lord
Topic: Invitation
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer: M Ramsey
Meter: LM
Tune: Chestnut Street
Hymn Number: 559
Page Number: 202, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLIFE is the time to serve the Lord,
The time t' insure the great reward;
And while the lamp holds out to burn,
O hasten, sinner, to return.
Life is the hour that God has given
T' escape from hell, and fly to heaven;
The day of grace, when mortals may
Secure the blessings of the day.
Then what my thoughts design to do,
My hands, with all your might, pursue:
Since no device nor work is found,
Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground.
There are not acts of pardon passed
In the cold grave to which we hast:
O may we all receive thy grace,
And see with joy thy smiling face.