Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Delay not delay not O sinner draw near
Topic: Gospel/Invitation Hymns
Writer: Thomas Hastings
Composer: Thomas Hastings
Meter: 11s
Tune: Goshen
Hymn Number: 575
Page Number: 207, 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 Saviour is here,
Redemption is purchas'd--salvation is free.
Delay not, delay not! why longer abuse
The love and compassion of Jesus our Lord?
A fountain is open'd--how canst thou refuse
To wash and be cleans'd 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 griev'd and resisted, entreats thee to come;
Beware, lest in darkness thou finish thy race,
And sink to the vale of eternity's gloom.