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If you wish to turn from sin

Author: James Rowe
Tune: [If you wish to turn from sin]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 If you wish to turn from sin,
Now is the time, now is the time;
Let the love of God shine in,
For now is the safest time.

Refrain:
Now is the time,
Now is the time;
Seek the Savior while you may
For now is the time.

2 If you have not looked above,
Now is the time, now is the time;
If you have not proved God’s love,
Now is the safest time. [Refrain]

3 If you have not served the Lord,
Now is the time, now is the time;
Seek Him in His precious word—
Now is the safest time. [Refrain]

4 If you have not lost your sin,
Now is the time, now is the time;
If you have not fought to win,
Now is the safest time. [Refrain]

Source: The King of Glory #69

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Author: James Rowe

Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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