Scripture Verse

Is it nothing to you? Lamentations 1:12

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: My­ron W. Morse and Fan­ny Cros­by, in Songs of Love and Praise No. 2, ed­it­ed by John Swe­ney, Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick, & Hen­ry L. Gil­mour (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1894), num­ber 91. Sug­gest­ed on hear­ing a ser­mon by Rev. B. Fay Mills, from the text, Is it no­thing to you? La. i:12, preached at the Ocean Grove Au­di­to­ri­um, Au­gust 24, 1894.

Music: John R. Swe­ney (🔊 pdf nwc).

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John R. Sweney (1837–1899)

Lyrics

Our bless­èd Re­deem­er is pass­ing this way;
Is it no­thing to you, is it no­thing to you?
Oh, hear Him this mo­ment so ten­der­ly say,
Is it no­thing, is it no­thing to you?
There is life for a look at the cru­ci­fied One,
There is life for a look at the Fa­ther’s own Son;
Oh, hast­en just now, to the dear Sav­ior come;
Is it no­thing, is it no­thing to you?

The Mas­ter is call­ing, oh list to His voice,
Is it no­thing to you, is it no­thing to you?
Awake from your slum­ber, be­lieve and re­joice,
Is it no­thing, is it no­thing to you?
The sands of your life are fast pass­ing away,
Oh, haste, quick­ly haste, ere the close of the day;
Repent and re­ceive Him, oh, do not de­lay,
Make it some­thing, make it some­thing to you.

Yon re­gion so love­ly, where all will be song,
Is it no­thing to you, is it no­thing to you?
The Sav­ior’s glad wel­come, the glo­ri­fied throng,
Are they no­thing, are they no­thing to you?
The an­gels are there, bro­ther, where will you be?
’Tis time that you halt­ed on life’s rest­less sea,
And set­tled this quest­ion: Did Christ die for me?
Is it no­thing, is it no­thing to you?