Now is the accepted time…now is the day of salvation.
2 Corinthians 6:2
Words: Eliza D. Hand, 1917. Appeared in Victorious Service Songs, compiled by Homer A. Rodeheaver (Chicago, Illinois & Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Rodeheaver Company, 1925), number 222.
Music: Charles H. Gabriel (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Hand (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
O why will you longer your choice delay?
The Savior is waiting for you;
Then come to Him now, and repenting, say:
Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?
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Now, just now is the time,
Now, just now is the time;
Now is the day of salvation: Come, come just now.
O come while He calls you, just as you are;
While mercy is offered to all;
Return, tho’ in sin you have wandered far;
O hear, and attend to His call.
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O why will you doubt Him, refuse His love,
Why grieve Him by turning away?
He’s pleading with you from the throne above;
O come, then, while yet it is day.
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He knocks at the door of your trembling heart;
O will you not let Him come in?
Unbar it, or He may ere long depart,
And leave you all hopeless in sin.
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