If ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts.
Hebrews 3:15
Words: Fanny Crosby, in Songs of Joy and Gladness, edited by William McDonald, Joshua Gill, John R. Sweney & William Kirkpatrick (Boston, Massachusetts: McDonald & Gill, 1885), number 136. Some hymnals give the author as Martha J. Lankton, one of Fanny’s pseudonyms.
Music: William J. Kirkpatrick (🔊 pdf nwc).
Oft have I heard a voice that said,
In tones that were soft and low,
Thy Savior has loved, and loves thee yet;
Then why wilt thou slight Him so?
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But where is my soul, where is my soul,
Where is my soul tonight?
That voice pleads on, pleads patiently on,
But where is my soul tonight?
Oft have I heard a warning voice
That urged me to fly from sin;
To open the door I long have closed,
And welcome the Savior in.
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Oft have I heard a tender voice,
When troubled and care-oppressed;
And then like a weary child I sighed
In Jesus to find a rest.
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Oft have I heard a grieved, sad voice,
Entreating me o’er and o’er;
And if I refuse to hear it now,
Perhaps it will come no more.
O Savior, I yield, Savior, I yield,
Take Thou my soul tonight.
I now believe, and gladly receive
Thy message of grace tonight.