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.

Refrain

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?

Refrain

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.

Refrain

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!

Refrain