The Sinner — Warning and Invitation

Child of sin and sorrow

No. 421
Metre P. M.
Tune AVA.
Words Thomas Hastings.
Music Thomas Hastings.
Key B-flat major
Singing key A♭ major
Time 2/2
2 stanzas

Words

Child of sin and sorrow,Filled with dismay,Wait not for to-morrow,Yield thee to-day:Heaven bids thee comeWhile yet there's room.Child of sin and sorrow,Hear and obey.

Child of sin and sorrow,Why wilt thou die?Come while thou canst borrowHelp from on high:Grieve not that loveWhich from above,Child of sin and sorrow,Would bring thee nigh.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE SINNER—WARNING AND INVITATION.»; hymn number «421» (large), tune name «AVA. P. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «THOMAS HASTINGS.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). The music is one system of 8 bars: bars 1–4 end with a repeat sign under «Fine.», bar 8 with «D. C.». Stanza 1 is interlinear: «1.» and a brace holding two lines under bars 1–4 («Child of sin and sor - row, Filled with dismay,» / «Wait not for to-mor-row, Yield thee to-day:»), one line under bars 5–8 («Heaven bids thee come While yet there's room.»), and below them, in italics, the line sung to bars 1–4 after the D. C.: «D. C.—Child of sin and sor - row, Hear and o - bey.» Stanza 1 below is assembled in the order sung (lines 1–2 bars 1–4, lines 3–4 the repeat, lines 5–6 bars 5–8, lines 7–8 bars 1–4 after the D. C.). No reference line is printed. Stanza 2 follows as text in the left column, numbered «2», set in eight short lines with the indents reproduced below (lines 2, 4, 8 indented, lines 5–6 indented further), and «Thomas Hastings» in italics after it (no final point). The print sets a thin space before «:» and «?» («to-day :», «high :», «die ?»); it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals («to-morrow», «to-day», «Heaven») are the print's.