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Text:Why Do You Wait?
Author:George F. Root
Tune:[Why do you wait, dear brother]
Composer:George Frederick Root
Media:MIDI file

7455. Why Do You Wait?

1. Why do you wait, dear brother,
Oh, why do you tarry so long?
Your Savior is waiting to give you
A place in His sanctified throng.

Refrain
Why not? Why not?
Why not come to Him now?
Why not? Why not?
Why not come to Him now?

2. What do you hope, dear brother,
To gain by a further delay?
There’s no one to save you but Jesus,
There’s no other way but His way. [Refrain]

3. Do you not feel, dear brother,
His Spirit now striving within?
Oh, why not accept His salvation,
And throw off your burden of sin? [Refrain]

4. Why do your wait, dear brother?
The harvest is passing away,
Your Savior is longing to bless you,
There are danger and death in delay. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Why do you wait, dear brother
Title: Why Do You Wait?
Author: George F. Root (1878)
Refrain First Line: Why not? Why not?
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Why do you wait, dear brother]
Composer: George Frederick Root (1878)
Incipit: 55565 51122 21123
Key: A Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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