Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns
Date: 1839
Compiler: Walter Scott and Silas Leonard
Publisher/Printer: A S Tilden
First Line: Delay not delay not O sinner draw near
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: PM
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Hymn Number: 592
Page Number: 308, 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 purchased, salvation 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 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, intreats thee to come;
Beware, lest in darkness thou finish thy race,
And sink to the vale of eternity's gloom.
Delay not, delay not, the hour is at hand,
The earth shall dissolve and the heavens shall fade,
The dead, small and great, in the judgment shall stand,
What pow'r then, O sinner, shall lend thee its aid?