Hymnal: The Minstrel of Zion #185 (1845) Meter: Irregular First Line: Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near Lyrics: 1 Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near,
The waters of life are now flowing for thee;
No price is demanded, the Saviour is here,
Redemption is purchased, salvation is free.
2 Delay not, delay not, why longer abuse
The love and compassion of Jesus thy God?
A fountain is open'd, how canst thou refuse
To wash and be cleansed in his pardoning blood.
3 Delay not, delay not, O sinner, to come,
For mercy still lingers, and calls thee to-day:
Her voice is not heard in the vale of the tomb;
Her message, unheeded, will soon pass away.
4 Delay not, delay not, the Spirit of grace,
Long grieved and resisted may take his sad flight;
And leave thee in darkness to finish thy trace,
And sink in the vale of eternity's night.
6 Delay not, delay not, the hour is at hand,
The earth shall dissolve, and the heavens shall fade;
The dead, small and great, in the judgment shall stand;
What power then, O sinner, shall lend thee its aid?
Delay not