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11384 | The Cyber Hymnal#11385 | 11386 |
Text: | Time Is Earnest |
Author: | Sidney Dyer |
Tune: | MERCED |
Composer: | Asa Hull |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Time is earnest, passing by;
Death is earnest, drawing nigh.
Sinner! wilt thou trifling be?
Time and death appeal to thee.
2 Life is earnest; when ’tis o’er
Thou returnest nevermore.
Soon to meet eternity,
Wilt thou never serious be?
3 Heaven is earnest; solemnly
Float its voices down to thee.
Oh, thou mortal, art thou gay,
Sporting through thine earthly day?
4 Hell is earnest; fiercely roll
Burning billows near thy soul.
Woe for thee! if thou abide
Unredeemed, unsanctified!
5 God is earnest: kneel and pray,
Ere thy season pass away—
Ere He set His judgment throne,
Vengeance ready, mercy gone.
6 Christ is earnest, bids thee "Come!"
Paid thy spirit’s priceless sum.
Wilt thou spurn the Savior’s love,
Pleading with thee from above?
7 Thou refusest! wretched one!
Thou despisest God’s dear Son!
Madness! dying sinner, turn!
Lest His wrath within thee burn.
8 When thy pleasures all depart
What will soothe thy fainting heart?
Friendless, desolate, alone,
Entering a world unknown.
9 Oh, be earnest! loitering
Thou wilt perish: lingering
Be no longer—rise and flee;
Lo! thy Savior waits for thee.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Time is earnest, passing by |
Title: | Time Is Earnest |
Author: | Sidney Dyer |
Meter: | 77.77 |
Language: | English |
Source: | Dyer's Psalmist (Louiville: Morton & Griswold, 1851) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tune: NAVARRE,attributed to King Theobald of Navarre, arr. by Daniel B. Towner |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MERCED |
Composer: | Asa Hull |
Meter: | 77.77 |
Key: | A♭ Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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