Pardon Is Waiting for Thee

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A pardon is waiting, dear soul, for thee

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Tune: [A pardon is waiting, dear soul, for thee]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 A pardon is waiting, dear soul, for thee,
And glad would the Father in heaven be,
To have thee accept it in faith today,
And enter the blessed narrow way.

Refrain:
Accept the mercy of God today,
And turn from sin and the world away,
And walk in sweet fellowship with the Lord,
Confiding in his unfailing word.

2 O, why not accept a release from sin,
This moment a heavenly life begin,
And walk in sweet fellowship with the Lord,
Confiding in his unfailing word? [Refrain]

3 Refuse not the mercy he offers thee;
His grace and salvation are rich and free;
Accept his sweet love and be saved today,
And turn not the gracious Lord away. [Refrain]

Source: Triumphant Songs No.3 #59

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Author: Elisha A. Hoffman

Elisha Hoffman (1839-1929) after graduating from Union Seminary in Pennsylvania was ordained in 1868. As a minister he was appointed to the circuit in Napoleon, Ohio in 1872. He worked with the Evangelical Association's publishing arm in Cleveland for eleven years. He served in many chapels and churches in Cleveland and in Grafton in the 1880s, among them Bethel Home for Sailors and Seamen, Chestnut Ridge Union Chapel, Grace Congregational Church and Rockport Congregational Church. In his lifetime he wrote more than 2,000 gospel songs including"Leaning on the everlasting arms" (1894). The fifty song books he edited include Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 and The Evergreen, 1873. Mary Louise VanDyke… Go to person page >

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First Line:	A pardon is waiting, dear soul, for thee
Title:	Pardon Is Waiting for Thee
Author:	Elisha A. Hoffman
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Accept the mercy of God today
Copyright:	Public Domain