Bible Songs — Invitation

Almost Persuaded

Almost persuaded now to believe;

No. 1283
Tune ALMOST PERSUADED.
Words P. P. B.
Music P. P. Bliss.
Key G major
Time 6/8
3 stanzas

Words

Almost persuaded now to believe;Almost persuaded Christ to receive.Seems now some soul to say,"Go Spirit, go thy way,Some more convenient dayOn thee I'll call."

Almost persuaded, come, come to-day;Almost persuaded; turn not away.Jesus invites you here,Angels are ling'ring near,Prayers rise from hearts so dear;O wand'rer come!

Almost persuaded; harvest is past;Almost persuaded; doom comes at last!"Almost" can not avail;"Almost" is but to fail!Sad, sad that bitter wail—"Almost,—but lost!"

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «1283» (large, left), title «ALMOST PERSUADED.» centred (condensed capitals with larger initials); on the next line «P. P. B.» at the left (words), the epigraph «"Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian."—Acts 26 : 28.» in the centre (old-style figures, a thin space before the colon — closed up here) and «P. P. BLISS.» at the right (music), capitals and small capitals. No meter, no reference line and no running head. All three stanzas are interlinear, three lines between the staves of the three systems, numbered «1.», «2.», «3.» in system 1; there is no text under the music. Each stanza is given here in its six verse lines (the staff breaks fall inside lines 2 and 4: «Almost persuaded / Christ to receive.», «"Go Spirit, / go thy way,» and their fellows in stanzas 2–3 are joined). Syllable hyphens are joined («Al - most», «per - suad - ed», «be - lieve», «re - ceive», «a - way», «Je - sus», «in - vites», «An - gels», «a - vail», «Spir - it», «con - ven - ient», «bit - ter», «har - vest»); «ling - 'ring» and «wand - 'rer» are «ling'ring» and «wand'rer»; «to - day» is given as «to-day» (the book's spelling; the syllable hyphen of the interlinear text cannot show it); «can not» is printed as two words. Under the music, centred: «By permission The John Church Co.»