Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Why stand you here idle my friends all the day
Topic: Evangelizing and Recruiting Songs
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 11s
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 225
Page Number: 312, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWHY stand you here idle, my friends, all the day?
Your moments, so fleeting, will soon pass away;
All things are provided for sinners undone,
And you are invited and welcome to come.
Here mercy and pardon, here love and free grace;
Here strong consolation, here great joy and peace;
Here hope for the hopeless--the weary find rest;
Here all things are plenty for sinners distress'd.
Here wine, milk, and honey, are plenty in store,
Sufficient for thousands, yea, millions, and more;
Here balm for the wounded, here strength for the weak;
Here cordials divine are prepared for the sick.
Here armor and weapons for soldiers to wield;
A breastplate, a helmet, a sword and a shield;
The poor receive riches, a crown for the head,
Eternal salvation and life from the dead.
O come, all ye needy, ye poor and distress'd,
Partake of his grace, and then ever be bless'd;
O come without money to Jesus and buy;
Then love him, and praise him, for ever on high.