Prepare to Meet Thy God (Stanley)

Careless soul

why will you lin­ger?

Wandering from the fold of God?

Hear you not the in­vi­ta­tion?

O pre­pare to meet thy God.

Careless soul

O heed the warn­ing

For your life will soon be gone;

O how sad to face the judg­ment

Unprepared to meet thy God.

Why so thought­less are you stand­ing

While the fleet­ing years go by

And your life is spent in fol­ly?

O pre­pare to meet thy God.

Hear you not the ear­nest plead­ings

Of your friends that wish you well?

And per­haps be­fore to­mor­row

You’ll be called to meet your God.

If you spurn the in­vi­ta­tion

Till the Spir­it shall de­part

Then you’ll see your sad con­di­tion

Unprepared to meet thy God.