The Sinner — Warning and Invitation

Sinners, haste to mercy's gate

No. 407
Metre 7s.
Tune GRANNIS.
Words Anon.
Music W. O. Perkins.
Key B-flat major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 2/4
4 stanzas

Words

Sinners, haste to mercy's gate,Strive, O strive to enter there;Hasten, lest ye come too late,Lest in vain shall be your prayer.

Soon the Saviour will arise,And forever shut the door:Hopeless then will be your cries;God will welcome you no more.

From his glorious seat within,Zion's King so long forgot,Then will say, "Ye slaves of sin,Hence depart, I know you not."

O! the anguish of that word,—Anguish which no measure knows,—Sinners, haste to seek the Lord,Ere the door of mercy close.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE SINNER—WARNING AND INVITATION.»; hymn number «407» (large), tune name «GRANNIS. 7s.» centred over the music (condensed capitals), «W. O. PERKINS.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, one verse pair per system, with «1.» before «Sin»: «1. Sin - ners, haste to mer - cy's gate, Strive, O strive to en - ter there;» / «Hast - en, lest ye come too late, Lest in vain shall be your prayer.» The italic reference line «15, 457, 272.» (= the same words may be sung to the tunes of hymns 15, 457 or 272) stands under the music; stanzas 2–4 follow as text in the left column, numbered «2»–«4», with «Anon.» in italics after stanza 4. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. The print sets a thin space before «;», «:» and «!» («there ;», «door :», «O !») and after the opening quotation mark («" Ye»); they are closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals («Saviour», «forever», «Zion's King») are the print's.