Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1843
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Why stand you here idle my friends all the day
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Meter: PM
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Hymn Number: Hymn 178 (part II)
Page Number: 149 (part II), 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 prepar'd for the sick.
Here armour 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, forever on high.