You know that Christ is pleading

You know that Christ is pleading

Author: James Rowe
Tune: [You know that Christ is pleading]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 You know that Christ is pleading
From day to day with you,
You know that you are needing
His peace and pardon too;
And yet your heart you harden
And tho’ ashamed you say
I’ll ask Him for His pardon
And peace some other day.

Refrain:
The safest time is now,
The safest time is now,
For “some other day” death may bear you away;
The safest time is now.

2 You know that sin is staining
Your everlasting soul
That daily it is gaining
A more complete control;
And yet you grieve the Savior
By turning Him away,
Repeating weakly ever,
“I’ll yield some other day.” [Refrain]

3 O soul exert your power,
Shake off the grasp of sin,
Before it sinks you lower,
Be strong, be brave, give in,
Begin the life worth living,
Choose now the better way;
Your hand to Jesus giving
Say “Lord I come today.” [Refrain]

Source: The King of Glory #147

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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First Line: You know that Christ is pleading
Author: James Rowe
Refrain First Line: The safest time is now
Copyright: Public Domain

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