The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16041

16041. Now Is The Accepted Time

1 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?

Refrain:
Now, just now is the time,
Now, just now is the time;
Now is the day of sal­va­tion:
Come, come just now.

2 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. [Refrain]

3 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. [Refrain]

4 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. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: O why will you long­er your choice de­lay?
• Title: Now Is The Accepted Time
• Author: Eliza D. Hand
• Refrain First Line: Now, just now is the time
• Language: English
• Source: Victorious Service Songs by Homer A. Rodeheaver (Chicago and Philadelphia: The Rodeheaver Company, 1925)

Tune Information

• Name: [O why will you long­er your choice de­lay]
• Composer: Charles Hutchinson Grabriel
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain