Not Tonight (Thompson)

Tho’ you’ve wan­dered

poor sin­ner

Away from the light

The Re­deem­er will wel­come you home;

But you list to the tempt­er

And say

Not to­night

In the fu­ture some time I will come.

Not to­night

I will wait

For the path­way of sin seems so bright;

It will not be too late;

Yes

some time I will come—

Not to­night.

You have on­ly to come

And His bless­ings re­ceive

For He’s rea­dy just now to for­give;

Will you speak

Not to­night

And your Sav­ior still grieve

And away from His re­fuge e’er live?

There’s a time for re­pent­ance

But soon ’twill have passed

O dear sin­ner

what then will you do?

Your de­ci­sion ton­ight

Will bring sor­row at last

When there’ll be no re­demp­tion for you.

Not to­night

you may say

In de­fi­ance

O soul

And be­lieve there’s no risk in de­lay;

But when fu­ri­ous bil­lows

Of death o’er you roll

For His mer­cy you can­not then pray!