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Text:Time is earnest, passing by
Tune:VIENNA
Composer:J. H. Knecht

126. Time is earnest, passing by

1 Time is earnest, passing by;
Death is earnest, drawing nigh:
Sinner, wilt thou trifling be?
Time and death appeal to Thee.

2 Life is earnest; when 'tis o'er,
Thou returnest never more.
Soon to meet eternity,
Wilt Thou never serious be?

3 God is earnest: kneel and pray,
Ere thy season pass away;
Ere He set His judgment throne;
Ere the day of grace is gone.

4 Christ is earnest, bids thee come;
Paid thy spirit's priceless sum;
Wilt thou spurn thy Saviour's love,
Pleading with thee from above?

5 O be earnest, do not stay;
Thou mayest perish e'en to-day.
Rise, thou lost one, rise and flee;
Lo! thy Saviour waits for thee.

Text Information
First Line: Time is earnest, passing by
Meter: 7s.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1898
Topic: The Gospel Call; Earnestness; God's Grace: Day of (2 more...)
Notes: Now Public Domain. Anon., 1851.
Tune Information
Name: VIENNA
Composer: J. H. Knecht (1793)
Meter: 7s.
Key: G Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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