The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#418

418. Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near!

1 Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near!
The waters of life are now flowing for thee;
No price is demanded, the Saviour 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, O 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 heaven's shall fade,
The dead, small and great, in the Judgment shall stand;
What power then, O sinner! will lend thee its aid?

Text Information

• First Line: Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near!
• Author: Thomas Hastings
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: The Sinner: Warning and Invitation

Tune Information

• Name: EXPOSTULATION
• Composer: Josiah Hopkins
• Meter: 11s
• Key: G Major or modal
• Notes: Alternate tunes: #511 or 781.