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.