Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) ‎#297

297. Life is the time to serve the Lord

1 Life is the time to serve the Lord,
The time t'ensure the great reward;
And while the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may return.

2 Life is the hour that God has given
To ’scape from hell and fly to heaven;
The day of grace, and mortals may
Secure the blessings of the day.

3 Then what my thoughts design to do,
My hands, with all your might pursue,
Since no device, nor work is found,
Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground.

4 There are no acts of pardon past
In the cold grave, to which we haste,
But darkness, death, and long despair
Reign in eternal silence there.

Text Information

• First Line: Life is the time to serve the Lord
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1870
• Topic: Brevity of Life; Gospel Call; Day of grace; Delay of Repentance; Gospel: the call of; Grace: day of; Life: Brevity of; Life: Object of; Life: Solemnity of; Procrastination
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Author from index: Watts

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