The Lord is…not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
2 Peter 3:9
Words: J. Madison Wright, Scriptural Songs (Ontario, Canada: Scriptural Songs Depository, 1915), number 256.
Music: Kilkenny Thoro Harris 1915 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Wright (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Not willing that any should perish,
The Father who dwelleth above,
His creatures to save and to nourish,
Is waiting in patience and love.
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Not willing that any should perish,
In pity and love let us go,
To seek, and to save, and to cherish
The lost ones who wander below.
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Not willing that any should perish,
Immanuel came from on high,
To seek, and to heal, and to save us,
On Calv’ry to suffer and die.
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Not willing that any should perish,
The Spirit is pleading today
The Word He has given to teach us,
To guide in the heavenly way.
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Not willing that any should perish,
Apostles, and martyrs, and saints
Have given their all to reclaim us,
And cheerfully borne our complaints.
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