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58. Hasten, sinner! to be wise

1 Hasten, sinner! to be wise;
Stay not for the morrow's sun:
Wisdom, if you still despise,
Harder is it to be won.

2 Hasten, mercy to implore;
Stay not for the morrow's sun;
Lest thy season should be o'er,
Ere this evening's stage be run.

3 Hasten, sinner! now return;
Stay not for the morrow's sun;
Lest thy lamp should cease to burn,
Ere salvation's work is done.

4 Hasten, sinner! to be blest;
Stay not for the morning's sun;
Lest perdition thee arrest,
Ere the morrow is begun.

Text Information
First Line: Hasten, sinner! to be wise
Meter: 7s.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1871
Notes: Public Domain.
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