Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#377

377. Hasten, O sinner, to be wise,

1 Hasten, O sinner, to be wise,
And stay not for the morrow’s sun:
The longer wisdom you despise,
The harder is she to be won.

2 O hasten mercy to implore,
And stay not for the morrow’s sun,
For fear thy season should be o’er,
Before this evening’s course be run.

3 Hasten, O sinner, to return,
And stay not for the morrow’s sun,
For fear thy lamp should fail to burn,
Before the needful work is done.

4 Hasten, O sinner, to be blest,
And stay not for the morrow’s sun,
For fear the curse should thee arrest,
Before the morrow is begun.

Text Information

• First Line: Hasten, O sinner, to be wise,
• Author: Thomas Scott (1773)
• Meter: L. M. No. 1
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: First Sunday in Lent; First Sunday after Trinity; Christian Life and Hope: The Walk of Godliness: Call to Grace and Admonition to Holiness

Tune Information

• Name: MALVERN
• Composer: Lowell Mason, Mus. Doc. (1850)
• Meter: L. M. No. 1
• Key: E♭ Major