Careless soul, why will you lin­ger?
Wandering from the fold of God?
Hear you not the in­vi­ta­tion?
O pre­pare to meet thy God.

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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.

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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.

Refrain

If you spurn the in­vi­ta­tion
Till the Spir­it shall de­part,
Then you’ll see your sad con­di­tion,
Unprepared to meet thy God.

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