Now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
2 Corinthians 6:2

Words: Attributed to William Cowper (1731–1800). Appeared in The Hartford Selection of Hymns from the Most Approved Authors, edited by Nathan Strong, Abel Flint & Joseph Steward (Hartford, Connecticut: John Babcock, 1799), number 82, alt. A warning to flee from the wrath to come.
Music: Burford, in the Book of Psalmody, by John Chetham, 1718 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Now is the time, th’accepted hour,
O! sinners come away;
The Savior’s knocking at our door,
Arise without delay.
O! don’t refuse to give Him room,
Lest mercy should withdraw;
He’ll then in robes of vengeance come
To execute His law.
Then where, poor mortals, will you be,
If destitute of grace,
When you your injured Judge shall see,
And stand before His face.
O! could you shun that dreadful sight,
How would you wish to fly,
To darkest shades of endless night,
From that all-searching eye?
But death and hell must all appear
And you among them stand;
Before the great impartial bar
Arraigned at Christ’s left hand.
Let not these warnings be in vain,
But lend a listening ear;
Lest you should meet them all again,
When wrapped in keen despair.