Don't Let it Be Said, Too Late

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Don't let it be said, too late, too late

Author: Ida L. Reed
Tune: [Don't let it be said, too late, too late]
Published in 4 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Don’t let it be said, too late, too late
To enter the kingdom fair,
That thou, all in vain, by the jeweled gate
Must wait in the darkness there.

Refrain:
Don’t let it be said, too late, too late,
Or, vain will thy pleadings be;
Be ready to enter the golden gate
While open it stands for thee.

2 Don’t let it be said, too late, O friend,
That thou must forever stand
Outside of the bright jasper walls for aye,
Shut out from the golden land. [Refrain]

3 Don’t let it be said, too late; but come,
There’s naught to win by delay;
Prepare then thy soul for its heav’nly home,
And enter the fold today. [Refrain]

Source: The Old Story in Song #143

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Author: Ida L. Reed

Ida Lilliard Reed (Smith), 1865-1951 Born: November 30, 1865, near Arden, Barbour County, West Virginia. Died: July 8, 1951, Arden, West Virginia. Buried: Ebenezer Methodist Church, Arden, West Virginia. Reed is said to have written 2,000 hymns in her lifetime. In 1939, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers recognized her "substantial contribution to American music" by awarding her a small "weekly bonus." © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Don't let it be said, too late, too late
Title:	Don't Let it Be Said, Too Late
Author:	Ida L. Reed
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Don't let it be said, too late, too late
Copyright:	Public Domain