Time Is Earnest

Time Is Earnest
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Time in earnest, passing by:
Death is earnest drawing nigh:
Sinner, wilt thou trifling be?
Time and death appeal to thee

Life is earnest: when ’tis o’er
Thou returnest nevermore
Soon to meet eternity
Wilt thou never serious be?

God is earnest: kneel and pray
Ere the season pass away;
Ere he set his judgment throne:
Ere the day of grace be gone

Christ is earnest, bids thee come;
Paid the spirit’s priceless run
Wilt thou spurn thy Savior’s love
Pleading with thee from above?

Oh be earnest, do not stay;
Thou mayest perish e’en today
Rise, thou lost one, rise and fee:
Lo! thy Savior waits for thee