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Delay not.
Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near,
The waters of life are now flowing for thee;
No price is demanded, the Saviour is here,
Redemption is purchased—salvation is free.
2 Delay not, delay not! why longer abuse
The love and compassion of Jesus our Lord!
A fountain is opened; how canst thou refuse
To wash and be cleansed in his pardoning blood?
3 Delay not, delay not! O sinner, to come;
For mercy still lingers, and calls thee to-day;
Her voice is not heard in the vale of the tomb;
Her message, unheeded, will soon pass away.
4 Delay not, delay not! the Spirit of grace,
Long grieved and resisted, entreats thee to come;
Beware, lest in darkness thou finish thy race,
And sink to the vale of eternity’s gloom.
5 Delay not, delay not! the hour is at hand,
The earth shall dissolve and the heavens shall fade;
The dead, small and great, in the judgment shall stand:
What power, then, O sinner, shall lend thee its aid?
T. Hastings.