Scripture Verse

Win as many as possible. 1 Corinthians 9:19

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: C. Aus­tin Miles, 1915 (🔊 pdf nwc). Ap­peared in New Songs of Pen­te­cost, ed­it­ed by J. Lin­coln Hall, Ad­am Gei­bel & Aus­tin Miles (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Hall-Mack, 1916), num­ber 19.

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C. Austin Miles (1868–1946)

Lyrics

If to Christ our on­ly king
Men re­deemed we strive to bring,
Just one way this may be done—
We must win them one by one.

Refrain

So you bring the one next to you,
And I’ll bring the one next to me;
In all kinds of wea­ther,
We’ll all work to­ge­ther,
And see what can be done.
If you’ll bring the one next to you,
And I bring the one next to me,
In no time at all we’ll have them all,
So win them, win them, one by one.

Side by side we stand each day,
Saved are we, but lost are they;
They will come if we but dare
Speak a word backed up by pray­er.

Refrain

Only cow­ards dare re­fuse,
Dare this gift of God mis­use;
Ere some friend goes to his grave,
Speak a word his soul to save.

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Not for hope of great re­ward
Turn men’s hearts un­to the Lord;
Just to see a saved man smile
Makes the ef­fort well worth­while.

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