Don't You Want to Be Ready?

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O there is a time when the message will come

Author: Franklin L. Eiland (1896)
Tune: [O there is a time when the message will come]
Published in 64 hymnals

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1 O there is a time when the message will come,
Don’t you want to be ready to go?
O sinner the Saviour invites you to-day,
Will you hear and be ready to go?

Chorus:
Ready to go,
Ready to go,
Don’t you want to be ready to go?
Ready to go,
Ready to go,
Don’t you want to be ready to go?

2 To-day is the day of salvation for all,
Can you say you are ready to go?
A home and a crown is awaiting for thee,
Will you come and be ready to go? [Chorus]

3 O yes, there’s a time when the message will come,
Are you willing and ready to go?
This moment the Saviour is pleading for thee,
Sinner, say, are you ready to go? [Chorus]

Source: Vocal Gems: our greatest song book for all religious services. Especially recommended for Sunday schools, revivals, W. M. B. and V. L. B. services #51

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Author: Franklin L. Eiland

Franklin L. Eiland was born in Noxubee county, Miss., March 25, 1860. He was reared on the farm and attended the old field school. The school house on the hill and the old Oaken Bucket, etc., etc., were objects of interest in his curriculum. He had traveled some before finally leaving home including a trip to Tx, but in 1882 he came to Tx to remain. November 13, 1884 he married Miss Mary E. Nisbett of Robertson county. She lived nine years. In 1894 he married Miss Ella May Kennedy of Van Zandt county. She lived only 10 days. October 21, 1896 he married Miss Minnie Jarushia Valentine of McLennan county. She still survives. They have one sweet little daughter, Mary Ella Oree. She is quite bright and is already starting music at the age of th… Go to person page >

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First Line:	O there is a time when the message will come
Title:	Don't You Want to Be Ready?
Author:	Franklin L. Eiland (1896)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Ready to go, ready to go
Copyright:	Public Domain