Text: | Wisdom Crieth in the Streets |
Author: | Daniel S. Warner |
Tune: | [Lo, wisdom crieth in the streets] |
Composer: | Barney E. Warren |
1 Lo, wisdom crieth in the streets,
In solemn tones of warning;
Amid the concourse loud repeats,
The end of time is coming.
Refrain:
The voice of wisdom cries to all,
The end of time is coming soon;
The voice of wisdom cries to all,
Escape the sinner’s awful doom.
2 Hear, O ye craving, restless throng,
The gospel invitation,
It tells you what you’ve needed long—
The touch of God’s salvation. [Refrain]
3 Young men, in all your revelry,
Young ladies, proud and thoughtless,
Will you be saved eternally,
Or die forever hopeless? [Refrain]
4 You drown your souls in follies deep,
You plunge in sin’s perdition,
Yet wisdom cries upon the street,
In God there is redemption. [Refrain]
5 Ye aged sinners surely know
Your end of time is coming,
And youthful summers swiftly flow
Down to the vale of mourning. [Refrain]
6 Come, old and young, come, rich and poor,
We have but one probation;
Be wise, repent and sin no more,
Accept a free salvation. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Lo, wisdom crieth in the streets |
Title: | Wisdom Crieth in the Streets |
Author: | Daniel S. Warner |
Refrain First Line: | The voice of wisdom cries to all |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7.8.8.8.8 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Warning |
Source: | Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Wisdom_Crieth_in_the_Streets); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (401); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (523) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Lo, wisdom crieth in the streets] |
Composer: | Barney E. Warren (1911) |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7.8.8.8.8 |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Wisdom_Crieth_in_the_Streets); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (401); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (523) |