The blessed voice of Jesus calls today

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The blessed voice of Jesus calls today

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [The blessed voice of Jesus calls today]
Published in 1 hymnal

Audio files: MIDI

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1 The blessed voice of Jesus calls today,
Get right with God,
O will you not that blessed call obey?
Get right, get right with God.

Refrain:
Get right with God, get right today,
Get right with God, His voice obey,
Begin to walk the narrow way,
Get right, get right with God.

2 Your opportunities will soon be past,
Get right with God,
The day of mercy will not always last,
Get right, get right with God. [Refrain]

3 What can you hope to gain by serving sin?
Get right with God,
If you a crown of life expect to win,
Get right, get right with God. [Refrain]

4 Your life so brief will soon come to an end,
Get right with God,
Eternity is long—why not, my friend,
Get right, get right with God. [Refrain]

Source: The King of Glory #187

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Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

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