ELHB Hymn 48
Sinners, turn; why will ye die
Charles Wesley (1742)
Hymn Text
48. Sinners, turn; why will ye die
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1 Sinners, turn; why will ye die?
God, your Maker, asks you -- Why?
God, who did your being give,
Made you with Himself to live.
God, your Maker, asks you -- Why?
God, who did your being give,
Made you with Himself to live.
2 He the fatal cause demands.
Asks the work of His own hands,
Why, ye thankless creatures, why
Will ye cross His love and die?
Asks the work of His own hands,
Why, ye thankless creatures, why
Will ye cross His love and die?
3 Sinners, turn; why will ye die?
God, your Savior, asks you -- Why?
He, who did your souls retrieve,
Died Himself that you might live.
God, your Savior, asks you -- Why?
He, who did your souls retrieve,
Died Himself that you might live.
4 Will ye let Him die in vain?
Crucify your Lord again?
Why, ye ransomed sinners, why
Will ye slight His grace, and die?
Crucify your Lord again?
Why, ye ransomed sinners, why
Will ye slight His grace, and die?
5 Sinners, turn; why will ye die?
God, the Spirit asks you -- Why?
He Who all your life-time strove,
Wooed you to embrace His love.
God, the Spirit asks you -- Why?
He Who all your life-time strove,
Wooed you to embrace His love.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #48