309. Sinners! Turn, Why Will Ye Die?

1 Sinners! turn, why will ye die?
God, your Maker, asks you why.
God, Who did your being give,
Made you with Himself to live;
He the fatal cause demands,
Asks the works of His own hands;
Why, ye thankless creatures! why,
Will ye cross His love, and die?

2 Sinners! turn, why will ye die?
God, your Saviour, asks you why;
God, Who did your souls retrieve,
Died Himself, that ye might live.
Will you let Him die in vain?
Crucify your Lord again?
Why, ye ransom’d sinners, why,
Will ye slight His grace, and die?

3 Sinners! turn, why will ye die?
God, the Spirit, asks you why;
He, Who all your lives hath strove
Woo’d you to embrace His love.
Will ye not His grace receive?
Will ye still refuse to live?
O ye dying sinners, why,
Why will ye forever die?

Text Information
First Line: Sinners! turn, why will ye die?
Title: Sinners! Turn, Why Will Ye Die?
Author: Charles Wesley (1756)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1901
Topic: Invitation
Tune Information
Name: BENEVENTO
Composer: S. Webbe



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