Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Delay not delay not O sinner draw near
Topic: Invitation
Writer: Thomas Hastings
Composer: Thomas Hastings
Meter: 11s
Tune: Goshen
Hymn Number: 677
Page Number: 278, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsDe-lay not, de-lay not;
O sin-ner, draw near:
The wa-ters of life are now flowing for thee;
No price is de-mand-ed, the Saviour is here,
Re-demp-tion is purchased-
Sal-va-tion 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.