Almost Persuaded

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"Almost persuaded" now to believe; "Almost persuaded" Christ to receive

Author: P. P. Bliss (1871)
Tune: [Almost persuaded now to believe] (Bliss)
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1 “Almost persuaded” now to believe;
“Almost persuaded” Christ to receive;
Seems now some soul to say,
“Go, Spirit, go Thy way;
Some more convenient day
On Thee I’ll call.”

2 “Almost persuaded,” come, come today;
“Almost persuaded,” turn not away;
Jesus invites you here,
Angels are lingering near,
Prayers rise from hearts so dear;
O wanderer, come.

3 “Almost persuaded,” harvest is past!
“Almost persuaded” doom comes at last!
“Almost” cannot avail;
“Almost” is but to fail!
Sad, sad, that bitter wail,
“Almost,” but lost!

Source: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #275

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Author: P. P. Bliss

Philip P. Bliss (b. Clearfield County, PA, 1838; d. Ashtabula, OH, 1876) left home as a young boy to make a living by working on farms and in lumber camps, all while trying to continue his schooling. He was converted at a revival meeting at age twelve. Bliss became an itinerant music teacher, making house calls on horseback during the winter, and during the summer attending the Normal Academy of Music in Genesco, New York. His first song was published in 1864, and in 1868 Dwight L. Moody advised him to become a singing evangelist. For the last two years of his life Bliss traveled with Major D. W. Whittle and led the music at revival meetings in the Midwest and Southern United States. Bliss and Ira D. Sankey published a popular series of hym… Go to person page >

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First Line:	"Almost persuaded" now to believe; "Almost persuaded" Christ to receive
Title:	Almost Persuaded
Author:	P. P. Bliss (1871)
Meter:	9.9.6.6.6.4
Language:	English
Notes:	Arabic translation: "هلا أتيتَ إلى المسيحْ"; German translations: See "Beinah' bekehret es fehlt nicht viel" by Ernst Gebhardt, "Beinah' entschlossen, Jesu zu trau'n", "Fast überredet, Christo zu nahn", "Fast überredet kräftiges Wort" by William Horn; Hawaiian translation: See "Ane e huli, a lele pau" by Lorenzo Lyons; Norwegian translation: See "Naesten Bevaeget"; Spanish translation: See "¿Te sientes casi resuelto ya? by Pedro Castro; Swedish translation: See "Nästen en kristen"
Copyright:	Public Domain

Engish

Singing Joy: for Girls and boys #175

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Notes

Almost persuaded now to believe. Procrastination. This was suggested by the following passage in a sermon by the Rev. Mr. Brundage, Bliss being present at its delivery:—" He who is almost persuaded is almost saved, but to be almost saved is to be entirely lost."

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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