The Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#403

403. God Calling Yet

1 God calling yet! shall I not hear?
Earth's pleasures shall I still hold dear?
Shall life's swift passing years all fly,
And still my soul in slumbers lie?

2 God calling yet! shall I not rise?
Can I His loving voice despise,
And basely His kind care repay?
He calls me still, can I delay?

3 God calling yet! and shall He knock
And I my heart the closer lock?
He still is waiting to receive,
And shall I dare His Spirit grieve?

4 God calling yet! and shall I give
No heed, but still in bondage live?
I wait, but He does not forsake;
He calls me still: my heart, awake!

5 Ah, yield Him all: in Him confide.
Where but with Him doth peace abide?
Break loose, let earthly bonds be riven,
And let the spirit rise to heaven!

6 God calling yet! I cannot stay,
My heart I yield without delay;
Vain world, farewell! from thee I part;
The voice of God hath reached my heart!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: God calling yet! shall I not hear?
• Title: God Calling Yet
• Author: Gerhard Tersteegen (1735)
• Translator: Mrs. Sarah (Borthwick) Findlater
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1937
• Scripture:
  Proverbs 1:24
  ;
  Revelation 3:20
• Topic: Way of Salvation: Invitation to Repentance; Second Sunday after Easter; Trinity, Twentieth Sunday

Tune Information

• Name: FEDERAL STREET
• Composer: Henry Kemble Oliver (1832)
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: F Major