The Book of Worship ‎#274

274. Delay not, delay not; oh sinner! draw near

1 Delay not, delay not, oh sinner! draw near;
The waters of life are now flowing for thee:
No price is demanded; the Savior is here;
Redemption is purchased, salvation is free.

2 Delay not, delay not; why longer abuse
The love and compassion of Jesus, thy God?
A fountain is open; how canst thou refuse
To wash and be cleansed in His pardoning blood?

3 Delay not, delay not, oh 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.

4 Delay not, delay not, the Spirit of grace,
Long grieved and resisted, may take His sad flight;
And leave thee in darkness to finish thy race,
To sink in the gloom of eternity’s night.

5 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 helper, then, sinner, shall lend thee his aid?

Text Information

• First Line: Delay not, delay not; oh sinner! draw near
• Meter: 11s.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1867
• Topic: Man a Sinner: Warned and Entreated
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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