If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.
Romans 10:9
Words: Fanny Crosby, in Songs of Grace and Glory, edited by William F. Sherwin & Silas Vail (New York: Horace Waters & Son, 1874), number 19.
Music: Silas J. Vail (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Vail (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Sinner, how thy heart is troubled,
God is coming very near;
Do not hide thy deep emotion,
Do not check that falling tear.
Refrain
O be saved, His grace is free;
O be saved, He died for thee;
O be saved, He died for thee.
Jesus now is bending o’er thee,
Jesus lowly, meek and mild;
To the friend who died to save thee,
Canst thou not be reconciled?
Refrain
Art thou waiting till the morrow?
Thou may’st never see its light;
Come at once—accept His mercy,
He is waiting—come tonight.
Refrain
With a lowly, contrite spirit,
Kneeling at the Savior’s feet;
Thou canst feel this very moment,
Pardon—precious, pure and sweet.
Refrain
Let the angels bear the tidings,
Upward to the courts of Heav’n;
Let them sing, with holy rapture,
O’er another soul forgiv’n.