In error's ways you vainly roam

In error's ways you vainly roam

Author: William Hunter
Tune: THE WAY OF THE SINNER
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 In error's ways you vainly roam,
They lead you not to peace or home;
Why will you toil and labour so,
To miss of heaven, and plunge in wo?

Chorus:
Eternal wisdom cries,
Haste, sinner, to be wise;
Forsake your sins without delay,
And taste the Saviour's love to day.

2 The path in which you madly tread,
With clouds and gloom is overspread;
Bestrew'd with every secret snare,
And ravenous beasts are prowling there. [Chorus]

3 Every successive step you take,
But nears you to the burning lake:
Each day your souls in sin remain,
Bespeaks eternal years of pain. [Chorus]

4 And what reward can Satan give,
That thus his slave, his drudge you live?
Were you his sole, his chosen heir,
Say, would you choose his throne to share? [Chorus]

5 Would you with foulest fiends resort,
'Midst flames sulphureous hold your court,
Harassed with God's enduring ire,
The vengeance of eternal fire? [Chorus]

6 Satan could not no more than this,
Were all his aim your only bliss;
A throne in hell! a crown of shame!
A royal couch of livid flame! [Chorus]

7 But as the coiling serpent lies;
As gleam the tiger's burning eyes;
As springs the panther on his prey,
So Satan lurks your souls to slay. [Chorus]

8 Not so our Master, Christ the Lord,
Bestows on us the high reward;
Eternal glory--crowns more bright
Than deck the first-born sons of light. [Chorus]

Source: The Minstrel of Zion: a book of religious songs, accompanied with appropriate music, chiefly original #114

Author: William Hunter

Hunter, William, D.D, son of John Hunter, was born near Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland, May 26, 1811. He removed to America in 1817, and entered Madison College in 1830. For some time he edited the Conference Journal, and the Christian Advocate. In 1855 he was appointed Professor of Hebrew in Alleghany College: and subsequently Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Alliance, Stark Country, Ohio. He died in 1877. He edited Minstrel of Zion, 1845; Select Melodies, 1851; and Songs of Devotion, 1859. His hymns, over 125 in all, appeared in these works. Some of these have been translated into various Indian languages. The best known are :— 1. A home in heaven; what a joyful thought. Heaven a Home. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1… Go to person page >

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First Line: In error's ways you vainly roam
Author: William Hunter
Refrain First Line: Eternal wisdom cries, Hast sinner
Copyright: Public Domain

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