The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2623

2623. Hasten, Sinner, to Be Wise

1. Hasten, sinner, to be wise!
Stay not for the morrow’s sun:
Wisdom if you still despise,
Harder is it to be won.

2. Hasten, mercy, to implore!
Stay not for the morrow’s sun,
Lest thy season should be o’er,
Ere this evening’s stage be run.

3. Hasten, sinner, to return!
Stay not for the morrow’s sun,
Lest thy lamp should fail to burn
Ere salvation’s work is done.

4. Hasten, sinner, to be blest!
Stay not for the morrow’s sun,
Lest perdition thee arrest,
Ere the morrow is begun.

Text Information

• First Line: Hasten, sinner, to be wise
• Title: Hasten, Sinner, to Be Wise
• Author: Thomas Scott (1773)
• Meter: 77.77
• Language: English
• Source: Lyric Poems, Devotional and Moral (London: 1773)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: PLEYEL'S HYMN
• Composer: Ignaz Joseph Pleyel (1791)
• Meter: 77.77
• Incipit: 35234 23352 34212
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain