Today is the Accepted Time

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Now is the accepted time

Author: John Dobell
Published in 318 hymnals

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	NINE HYMN PRELUDES

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	Now is the Accepted Time

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	Songs of Praise Now Let Us Ring (Creativ…

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1 Now is the accepted time,
Now is the day of grace;
O sinners! come, without delay,
And seek the Saviour's face.

2 Now is the accepted time,
The Saviour calls to-day;
To-morrow it may be too late;
Then why should you delay?

3 Now is the accepted time,
The gospel bids you come;
And every promise in his word
Declares there yet is room.

4 Lord, draw reluctant souls,
And feast them with thy love;
Then will the angels spread their wings,
And bear the news above.

Source: Laudes Domini: a selection of spiritual songs, ancient and modern for use in the prayer-meeting #251

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Author: John Dobell

Dobell, John, b. 1757, d. May, 1840, was a port-gauger under the Board of Excise, at Poole, Dorset, and a person of some local note. In 1806 he published:— A New Selection of Seven Hundred Evangelical Hymns for Private, Family, and Public Worship (Many Original) from more than two hundred of the best Authors in England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, Arranged in alphabetical order; Intended as a Supplement to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns. By John Dobell. Lond., Williams and Smith, 1806. Subsequently this Selection was increased to "More than Eight Hundred" hymns, and the wording of the title-page was changed in several instances. Dobell's account of this work is:— "The hymns here presented to the public I have collected from m… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Now is the accepted time
Title:	Today is the Accepted Time
Author:	John Dobell
Meter:	6.6.8.6
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Come today, come today
Copyright:	Public Domain