16565 | The Cyber Hymnal#16566 | 16567 |
Text: | Now Is The Time, Th'Accepted Hour |
Author (attributed to): | William Cowper, 1731-1800 |
Tune: | BURFORD |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Now is the time, th’accepted hour,
O! sinners come away;
The Savior’s knocking at our door,
Arise without delay.
2 O! don’t refuse to give Him room,
Lest mercy should withdraw;
He’ll then in robes of vengeance come
To execute His law.
3 Then where, poor mortals, will you be,
If destitute of grace,
When you your injured Judge shall see,
And stand before His face.
4 O! could you shun that dreadful sight,
How would you wish to fly,
To darkest shades of endless night,
From that all-searching eye?
5 But death and hell must all appear
And you among them stand;
Before the great impartial bar
Arraigned at Christ’s left hand.
6 Let not these warnings be in vain,
But lend a listening ear;
Lest you should meet them all again,
When wrapped in keen despair.
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First Line: | Now is the time, th’accepted hour, |
Title: | Now Is The Time, Th'Accepted Hour |
Author (attributed to): | William Cowper, 1731-1800 |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Source: | The Hartford Selection of Hymns from the Most Approved Authors, by Nathan Strong, Abel Flint and Joseph Steward (Hartford: John Babcock, 1799) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: BRECON by Nicholas Heins, BROWN by William B. Bradbury, YORK from "Scottish Psalter" 1615 |
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Name: | BURFORD |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | f minor |
Source: | Chetham's Psalmody, 1718 |
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