Old Melodies

The last call of mercy Now lingers for thee

No. 1190
Metre 11s.
Tune THE LAST CALL.
Music Arranged.
Key E-flat major
Singing key E♭ major
Time 3/4
1 stanzas

Words

The last call of mercy Now lingers for thee;O sinner, receive it; To Jesus now flee!He often has called thee—But thou hast refused;His offered salvation and love are abused.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «1190» (large), and under it, in italics, «Other stanzas, No. 424.» (a note of the print: the further stanzas of these words are those of hymn 424, «The last call of mercy now lingers for thee», p. 137, sung there to I LOVE THEE, No. 511 — read-only check of HT_0424, whose stanza 1 is this one); tune name «THE LAST CALL.» centred (capitals and small capitals), meter «11s.», «ARRANGED.» at the right. Only stanza 1 is printed, all of it with the music: the first two lines between the staves in a brace under the repeated section (upper line, then lower line on the repeat), the third line under the second section, and the fourth line in italics under the bass staff, labelled «D. C.—» (sung after the D. C., to «Fine.»). In this print «Now», «To» and «But» begin with a capital (they open a phrase after a double bar; HT_0424 has «now», «to», «but»); kept as printed. The dash in line 3 is printed long («thee——But»), written as one em dash. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!»; it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.