Scripture Verse

Now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:2

Introduction

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Henry Jackson (1838–1914)

Words: Hen­ry G. Jack­son, in Ho­ney Out of the Rock, by Will­iam S. Nic­kle & George J. Mey­er (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Mey­er & Bro­ther, 1894), num­ber 126.

Music: Ag­ri­gen­to Vio­la F. Mix­er, 1894 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good photo of Mix­er (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Sinner, now the Spir­it warns you,
Seek sal­va­tion while you may,
Now the door of mer­cy’s open,
But there’s dan­ger in de­lay.

Refrain

Come to Je­sus, come to Je­sus,
At His feet now hum­bly bow;
Oh, de­lay not, oh, de­lay not;
But come, come to Je­sus now.

Heed the Gos­pel in­vi­ta­tion,
Fly to Christ from sin and shame;
Pardon now is of­fered free­ly,
Freely of­fered in His name.

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Long you’ve halt­ed, doubt­ing, wav’ring,
Half per­suad­ed to ob­ey,
Long you’ve tar­ried at life’s por­tals,
O come in, come in to­day.

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Wait no long­er, Je­sus calls you,
Now de­cide for Him to live;
Come and prove His bound­less mer­cy,
Prove how free­ly He’ll for­give.

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Justified by faith in Je­sus,
All your doubts and fears will cease,
And your soul be­come God’s tem­ple,
Filled with light and love and peace.

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