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O Prepare to Meet Thy God

Sinner, turn, why will you linger

Author: R. E. Winsett
Tune: [Sinner, turn, why will you linger]
Published in 11 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Sinner, turn, why will you linger,
Come beneath the chast’ning rod,
Come to Jesus, He will save you,
Oh, prepare to meet thy God.

Refrain:
Sinner, come and seek salvation!
In sin’s path too long you’ve trod,
You’ll be free from condemnation,
Oh, prepare to meet thy God!

2 Why so heedless are you waiting?
Soon you’ll go beneath the sod,
Soon you’ll pass to final judgment,
Oh, prepare to meet thy God. [Refrain]

3 Hear the Spirit’s voice now pleading,
Be ye reconciled to God,
Or you’ll have an awful ending,
Unprepared to meet thy God. [Refrain]

4 Should the Spirit cease its warning,
When sins path so long you’ve trod,
What a sad, eternal judgment,
Unprepared to meet thy God. [Refrain]

Source: Soul Inspiring Songs #124

Author: R. E. Winsett

Robert Emmett Winsett (January 15, 1876 — June 26, 1952 (aged 76) was an American composer and publisher of Gospel music. Winsett was born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, and graduated from the Bowman Normal School of Music in 1899. He founded his own publishing company in 1903, and his first publication, Winsett's Favorite Songs, quickly became popular among the Baptist and Pentecostal churches of the American South. Pentecostal Power followed in 1907; that year Winsett completed postgraduate work at a conservatory. He married Birdie Harris in 1908, and had three sons and two daughters with her. He settled in Fort Smith, Arkansas, continuing to compose gospel songs, of which he would write over 1,000 in total. He became a minister… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Sinner, turn, why will you linger
Title: O Prepare to Meet Thy God
Author: R. E. Winsett
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Sinner, come and seek salvation
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 11 of 11)

His Voice in Song #d116

Latter Rain Revival #d102

Radio and Revival Special #122

Page Scan

Revival Message #122

Songs of Old-Time Power #d133

Songs of Perennial Glory #199

Songs of Spiritual Power; Songs that Win #d138

Songs of the Coming King #d97

TextAudioPage Scan

Soul Inspiring Songs #124

Vocal Gems #d99

Waves of Joy #d103

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