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Text:Don't You Want To Be Ready?
Author:F. L. Eiland
Tune:[O there is a time when the message will come]
Composer:F. L. Eiland

51. Don't You Want To Be Ready?

1 O there is a time when the message will come,
Don’t you want to be ready to go?
O sinner the Saviour invites you to-day,
Will you hear and be ready to go?

Chorus:
Ready to go,
Ready to go,
Don’t you want to be ready to go?
Ready to go,
Ready to go,
Don’t you want to be ready to go?

2 To-day is the day of salvation for all,
Can you say you are ready to go?
A home and a crown is awaiting for thee,
Will you come and be ready to go? [Chorus]

3 O yes, there’s a time when the message will come,
Are you willing and ready to go?
This moment the Saviour is pleading for thee,
Sinner, say, are you ready to go? [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: O there is a time when the message will come
Title: Don't You Want To Be Ready?
Author: F. L. Eiland
Refrain First Line: Ready to go, Ready to go
Language: English
Publication Date: 1935
Copyright: © 1901 by F. L. Eiland
Notes: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [O there is a time when the message will come]
Composer: F. L. Eiland
Key: A Major
Copyright: © 1901 by F. L. Eiland
Notes: Public Domain



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