The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4998

4998. Oh, What Wilt Thou Do?

1. Oh, what wilt thou do when the night cometh on,
When daylight is fading and hope nearly gone;
When fears shall oppress thee, and dark billows roll,
Oh, tell me, what then wilt thou do with thy soul?

Refrain
What wilt thou do? What wilt thou do?
Oh, tell me, what then wilt thou do with thy soul?

2. Oh, what wilt thou do when the tide riseth high,
When life is departing and death draweth nigh;
The vain things of earth have no pow’r to console;
Oh, tell me, what then wilt thou do with thy soul? [Refrain]

3. Oh, what wilt thou do in the great judgment day,
When Heaven and earth shall have all passed away;
When thy doom is sealed and the death knell shall toll,
Oh, tell me, what then wilt thou do with thy soul? [Refrain]

4. Oh, fly to the refuge, while still there is time,
While God offers pardon and healing divine;
There, safe in that shelter, sweet peace shall control;
For then evermore ’twill be well with thy soul.

Haste while there’s time, haste while there’s time,
For then evermore ’twill be well with thy soul.

Text Information

• First Line: Oh, what wilt thou do when the night cometh on
• Title: Oh, What Wilt Thou Do?
• Author: Lottie A. Newman (1895)
• Refrain First Line: What wilt thou do? What wilt thou do?
• Language: English
• Source: The Bow of Promise, by George D. Elderkin et al. (Chicago, Illinois: R. R. McCabe & Company, 1898), number 137
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Oh, what wilt thou do when the night cometh on]
• Composer: Harry C. Jones
• Incipit: 51765 61545 35171
• Key: D♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain