The Cyber Hymnal ‎#9114

9114. Turn To Jesus

1 Sweet and wondrous is the story
Of our heav’nly Father’s love;
Sinner, can you slight it longer?
Turn your heart to things above.

Refrain:
Sinner, turn, O turn to Jesus,
It is folly to delay!
Heed today the call of mercy,
Seek the blessèd, upward way.

2 Things of time and sense are fleeting,
Earthly pleasures cannot last;
Just beyond lies death’s dark river,
Then eternity so vast! [Refrain]

3 Shun, O shun the sin and madness
That has wrecked so many souls;
Life is but extended sorrow
Unless God the heart controls! [Refrain]

4 Not forever will He linger,
This dear friend, so good, so kind;
Love at last, remembers justice,
If the call you will not mind. [Refrain]

5 There is gladness in His service;
Light and joy and peace He gives;
Come and find the precious comfort
In the life the Christian lives. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Sweet and wondrous is the story
• Title: Turn To Jesus
• Author: Mrs. J. M. Hunter
• Refrain First Line: Sinner, turn, O turn to Jesus
• Meter: 87.87 D
• Language: English
• Source: The Best Gospel Songs and Their Composers (Dalton, GA: A. J. Showalter Company, 1904)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN
• Composer: R. A. Martin (1904)
• Meter: 87.87 D
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain