The Three Calls › Representative Texts

1 O slumberer, rouse thee! despise not the truth,
But give thy Creator the days of thy youth;
Why standest there idle! the day breaketh, see!
The Lord of the vineyard is waiting for thee.
“Holy Spirit, by Thy power,
Grant me yet another hour;
Earthly pleasures I would prove,
Earthly joys, and earthly love;
Scarcely yet hath dawned the day,
Holy Spirit, wait, I pray!”

2 O loiterer, speed thee! the morn wears apace;
Then squander no longer the moments of grace,
But haste, while there’s time, with thy Master agree;
The Lord of the vineyard stands waiting for thee.
“Gentle Spirit, stay, oh, stay,
Brightly beams the early day;
Let me linger in these bowers,
God shall have my noontide hours;
Chide me not for my delay,
Gentle Spirit, wait, I pray!"

3 O sinner, arouse thee! thy morning is passed;
Already the shadows are lengthening fast;
Escape for thy life! from the dark mountains flee;
The Lord of the vineyard still waiteth for thee.
"Spirit, cease Thy mournful lay,
Leave me to myself, I pray;
Earth hath flung her spell around me,
Pleasure’s silken chain hath bound me;
When the sun his path hath trod,
Spirit, then I’ll turn to God!”
Hark! borne on the winds is the bell's solemn toll;
'Tis mournfully pealing the knell of a soul--
The Spirit's sweet pleadings and strivings are o'er;
The Lord of the vineyard stands waiting no more.



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