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Prepare To Meet Thy God

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O thoughtless one, to forgiveness a stranger Lyrics: 1 O thoughtless one, to forgiveness a stranger, Prepare to meet thy God! Condemned, undone, yet so blind to thy danger, Prepare to meet thy God! He doth command thee to repent, To save thy soul, His Son hath sent, Yet t’ward destruction thou art bent, Prepare to meet thy God! 2 For all thy past, full account thou must render, Prepare to meet thy God! As yet thou hast, for that hour, no defender, Prepare to meet thy God! Before His dreadful judgment throne, How canst thou bear to stand alone, With none thy hopeless cause to own? Prepare to meet thy God! 3 Wilt thou delay, when thou hast not a reason? Prepare to meet thy God! Or think to say, "a convenient season"? Prepare to meet thy God! Today the very last may be, How wouldst thou answer Him, should He This night require thy soul of thee? Prepare to meet thy God! 4 Eternity! where, O where wilt thou spend it? Prepare to meet thy God! There’s hope for thee, but a moment may end it, Prepare to meet thy God! O haste to flee "the wrath to come," In Christ find refuge, rest, and home, Ere long will toll the bells of doom! Prepare to meet thy God! Used With Tune: [O thoughtless one, to forgiveness a stranger] Text Sources: Alexander's Gospel Songs and Solos, by Charles M. Alexander (Philadelphia: Sterling Music Company, 1917)

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[O thoughtless one, to forgiveness a stranger]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: George Cole Stebbins Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 54565 13211 71116 Used With Text: Prepare To Meet Thy God

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Prepare To Meet Thy God

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #11026 First Line: O thoughtless one, to forgiveness a stranger Lyrics: 1 O thoughtless one, to forgiveness a stranger, Prepare to meet thy God! Condemned, undone, yet so blind to thy danger, Prepare to meet thy God! He doth command thee to repent, To save thy soul, His Son hath sent, Yet t’ward destruction thou art bent, Prepare to meet thy God! 2 For all thy past, full account thou must render, Prepare to meet thy God! As yet thou hast, for that hour, no defender, Prepare to meet thy God! Before His dreadful judgment throne, How canst thou bear to stand alone, With none thy hopeless cause to own? Prepare to meet thy God! 3 Wilt thou delay, when thou hast not a reason? Prepare to meet thy God! Or think to say, "a convenient season"? Prepare to meet thy God! Today the very last may be, How wouldst thou answer Him, should He This night require thy soul of thee? Prepare to meet thy God! 4 Eternity! where, O where wilt thou spend it? Prepare to meet thy God! There’s hope for thee, but a moment may end it, Prepare to meet thy God! O haste to flee "the wrath to come," In Christ find refuge, rest, and home, Ere long will toll the bells of doom! Prepare to meet thy God! Languages: English Tune Title: [O thoughtless one, to forgiveness a stranger]

Prepare to meet thy God

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Hymnal: Alexander's Gospel Songs and Solos #d76 (1917) First Line: O thoughtless one, to forgiveness Languages: English

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Thomas O. Chisholm

1866 - 1960 Author of "Prepare To Meet Thy God" in The Cyber Hymnal Thomas O. Chisholm was born in Franklin, Kentucky in 1866. His boyhood was spent on a farm and in teaching district schools. He spent five years as editor of the local paper at Franklin. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 26 and soon after was business manager and office editor of the "Pentecostal Herald" of Louisville, Ky. In 1903 he entered the ministry of the M. E. Church South. His aim in writing was to incorporate as much Scripture as possible and to avoid flippant or sentimental themes. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) ============================== Signed letter from Chisholm dated 9 August 1953 located in the DNAH Archives.

George C. Stebbins

1846 - 1945 Person Name: George Cole Stebbins Composer of "[O thoughtless one, to forgiveness a stranger]" in The Cyber Hymnal Stebbins studied music in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, then became a singing teacher. Around 1869, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to join the Lyon and Healy Music Company. He also became the music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago. It was in Chicago that he met the leaders in the Gospel music field, such as George Root, Philip Bliss, & Ira Sankey. At age 28, Stebbins moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became music director at the Claredon Street Baptist Church; the pastor there was Adoniram Gordon. Two years later, Stebbins became music director at Tremont Temple in Boston. Shortly thereafter, he became involved in evangelism campaigns with Moody and others. Around 1900, Stebbins spent a year as an evangelist in India, Egypt, Italy, Palestine, France and England. (www.hymntime.com/tch)