Expostulation

11s.

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

p. 22
Metre 11s.
Key A major
Singing key F major
Time 2/2
6 stanzas

Words

O turn ye, O turn ye, for why will you 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.

How vain the delusion, that while you delay,Your hearts may grow better by staying away;Come wretched, come starving, come just as you beWhile streams of salvation are flowing so free.

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

In riches, in pleasures, what can you obtain,To soothe your affliction, or banish your pain?To bear up your spirit when summon'd to die,Or waft you to mansions of glory on high?

Why will you be starving and feeding on air?There's mercy in Jesus, enough and to spare;If still you are doubting, make trial and see,And prove that his mercy is boundless and free.

Come, give us your hand, and the Savior your heart,And trusting in Heaven, we never shall part;O how can we leave you? why will you not come;We'll journey together, and soon be at home.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: two stanzas interlinear under the treble staff of p. 22 (numbered 1. and 2.), and six stanzas in prose on p. 23 (PDF 27) under the heading "O turn ye, O turn ye, for why will ye die." The interlinear stanzas are a different text from the prose stanzas 1–2 (e.g. "for why will ye die? / Since God" under the music vs "for why will you die, / When God" in prose) — both are kept exactly as printed here; the site shows the verse text only (USER's decision, U-292, 2026-10-18: «Vamos manter a primeira estrofe como aparece no verso, e não na música»).