ELHB Hymn 57

Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near

Thomas Hastings (1831)

Hymn Text

57. Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near

Text and metadata are organized from Hymnary’s ELHB index pages and ELHL1918 instance pages.

1 Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near,
The waters of life are now flowing for thee;
No price is demanded; the Savior is here;
Redemption is purchased, salvation is free.
2 Delay not, delay not, why longer abuse
The love and compassion of Jesus, thy God?
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 today;
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, may take its sad flight,
And leave thee in darkness to finish thy race,
To sink in the vale of eternity's night.

Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #57