Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#312

312. God calling yet!-- shall I not hear?

1 God calling yet!--shall I not hear?
Earth's pleasures shall I still hold dear?
Shall life's swift passing years all fly,
And still my soul in slumbers lie?

2 God calling yet!--shall I not rise?
Can I His loving voice despise,
And basely His kind care repay?
He calls me still; can I delay?

3 God calling yet! and shall He knock
And I my heart the closer lock?
He still is waiting to receive,
And shall I dare His Spirit grieve?

4 God calling yet!--and shall I give
No heed, but still in bondage live?
I wait, but He does not forsake;
He calls me still:--My heart, awake!

5 Ah, yield Him all: in Him confide:
Where but with Him doth peace abide?
Break loose, let earthly bonds be riven,
And let the spirit rise to heaven!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: God calling yet!-- shall I not hear?
• Author: Gerhard Tersteegen, d. 1769
• Translator: Sarah Borthwick Findlater (1855. a)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Christian Life: Repentance
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: HAMBURG
• Arranger: Lowell Mason (1824)
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: F Major
• Source: Arranged from the First Gregorian Tone
• Notes: Now Public Domain.