Oh Say Not, “I Will Yet Delay”

Oh say not

I will yet de­lay

To seek God’s of­fered grace;

When Je­sus

with a voice of love

Says now

Seek thou My face.

Say not

To­mor­row I will turn:

To thee it may not come;

For e’en this night thy soul may hear

Its ev­er­last­ing doom.

Say not

When sick­ness lays me low

I will be­gin to pray;

For swift dis­ease

or sud­den death

May call thy soul away.

But say

with ear­nest­ness and faith

“Je­sus

I come to Thee;

Now

from this mo­ment

by Thy grace

Help me from sin to flee.

“Now

for Thy ten­der mer­cy’s sake

Forgive my past de­lay;

And

in Thine own re­deem­ing blood

Wash all my sins away.

Now

by Thy Ho­ly Spir­it’s pow’r

Renew this heart of mine.

And may the life which Thou hast spared

Be hence­forth whol­ly Thine.