The Sinner — Warning and Invitation

O turn ye, O turn ye; for why will ye die

No. 417
Metre 11s.
Tune EXPOSTULATION.
Words Anon.
Music Josiah Hopkins.
Key G major
Singing key F major
Time 2/2
2 stanzas

Words

O turn ye, O turn ye; for why will ye die,When God in great mercy is coming so nigh?Now Jesus invites you, the Spirit says, Come,And angels are waiting to welcome you home.

And now Christ is ready your souls to receive;O, how can you question when you may believe?If sin is your burden, why will you not come?'T is you he bids welcome; he bids you come home.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE SINNER—WARNING AND INVITATION.»; hymn number «417» (large), tune name «EXPOSTULATION. 11s.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «JOSIAH HOPKINS.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «O»: «com-ing», «Je - sus», «an-gels» are hyphenated under the notes; «mercy», «invites», «Spirit», «waiting», «welcome» are printed as whole words although each is sung on two notes. Stanza 2 is printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «512, 781.» in italics (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 512 or 781); its four verse lines are each broken in two by the column width (the turn-overs «receive;», «believe?», «come?», «come home.» are set on their own indented lines) and are joined here, one verse per line; lines 2–4 of stanza 2 are printed at the same indent (no alternate indentation). «Anon.» in italics after stanza 2. The stanza number of stanza 2 is printed without a period («2»); it is written «2.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «?» in stanza 2 («receive ;», «believe ?», «come ?», «welcome ;»); it is closed up here. The printer's curly apostrophe is written straight («'T is», printed with a space). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.