Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Why will ye waste on trifling cares
Topic: Gospel/Invitation Hymns
Writer: Philip Doddridge
Composer: H Baker
Meter: LM
Tune: Whitburn
Hymn Number: 614
Page Number: 225, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWHY will ye waste on trifling cares
That life which God's compassion spares?
While, in the various range of thought,
The one thing needful is forgot?
Shall God invite you from above?
Shall Jesus urge His dying love?
Shall troubled conscience give you pain?
And all these pleas unite in vain?
Not so your eyes will always view
Those objects which you now pursue;
Not so will heav'n and hell appear
When death's decisive hour is near.
Almighty God! Thy pow'r impart;
Fix deep conviction on each heart;
Nor let us waste on trifling cares
That life which Thy compassion spares.