Now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
2 Corinthians 6:2
Words: George A. LeClere, 1895.
Music: O. E. Mattox (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Mattox’s full name, or where to get a good photo of him or LeClere,
Do you hear the voice of God
As He calleth now to thee?
Hear Him speak in tenderest tones
As He calls to mercy free;
Oft He calls thee to His breast,
And He offers to thy soul,
Weary with its burden, rest, sweet rest.
Refrain
There is a last chance for salvation,
Do you not hear Him tenderly calling—
Urgently calling, long He has waited,
Turn, O sinner, ere it is too late.
Many times the voice has come,
Calling thee from paths of sin;
Knocking at the heart’s door loud,
Pleading that you let Him in;
Yet you’ve turned Him from your heart,
By your sin you’ve barred the door;
You have caused the Spirit to depart.
Refrain
Now’s the time to let Him in,
While He calls to thee today;
Open wide the heart’s door now,
Ere He turns from thee away;
All the lost souls now that die,
In the land of deep despair,
Let their last chance to be saved pass by.
Refrain
Now I see my life’s mistake,
And I’m coming to the Lord,
It is now the time
to come,
So I read His blessèd Word;
Now I come my heart to cast
At the blessèd Savior’s feet,
For I fear this chance will be the last.
Refrain