Prepare to meet thy God.
Amos 4:12
Words & Music: James H. Stanley, 1909 (🔊 pdf nwc). From a sermon by J. F. Haley, July, 1909.
If you know where to get a good photo of Stanley (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Careless soul, why will you linger?
Wandering from the fold of God?
Hear you not the invitation?
O prepare to meet thy God.
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Careless soul, O heed the warning,
For your life will soon be gone;
O how sad to face the judgment
Unprepared to meet thy God.
Why so thoughtless are you standing
While the fleeting years go by,
And your life is spent in folly?
O prepare to meet thy God.
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Hear you not the earnest pleadings
Of your friends that wish you well?
And perhaps before tomorrow
You’ll be called to meet your God.
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If you spurn the invitation
Till the Spirit shall depart,
Then you’ll see your sad condition,
Unprepared to meet thy God.
Refrain