Scripture Verse

Now is the accepted time…now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:2

Introduction

Words: Iden Len­ton, in Songs of Joy and Glad­ness No. 2, ed­it­ed by Will­iam Mc­Don­ald, Jo­shua Gill, John Swe­ney & Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Mc­Don­ald & Gill, 1891), num­ber 33.

Music: Bi­loxi John R. Swe­ney (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

portrait
John Sweney (1837–1899)

Lyrics

When in the morn of life,
Jesus will save you;
When in the storm and strife,
Jesus will save you.
Though in the path of sin,
Long thou hast wan­dered,
Though thou hast slight­ed Him,
Love is not sun­dered.

Refrain

Come, sin­ner, come to­day,
Jesus will save you;
There is no oth­er way,
Let Je­sus save you.

When in thy man­hood days,
Jesus will save you;
When thou hast trod earth’s maze,
Jesus will save you.
Though from His heart of love
Long thou hast lin­gered,
Though bless­ings from above
Long thou hast hin­dered.

Refrain

Then e’er thy life is done,
Jesus will save you;
When death has al­most come,
Jesus will save you.
But sin­ner, come to­day,
While He is call­ing;
Seek now the nar­row way
While He is call­ing.

Refrain