Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
Proverbs 27:1
Words: A. C. Cidenton, 1907.
Music: Cidenton I. Allan Sankey (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Cidenton’s full name, or where to get a good photo of him (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels), or a better one of Sankey,
Dost thou know, O trifling mortal,
Where tomorrow will be spent?
Hast thou hope beyond death’s portal
Should swift call for thee be sent?
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One more hour to seek the Savior,
His once offered love to grasp;
What were worlds beside the favor
Of Thy loving hand to clasp?
Think what unavailing sorrow
When that morrow is today;
What wouldst thou not give to borrow
One brief hour from life’s lost day!
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Now that love is waiting for thee,
That pierced hand held out to save;
All His cruel wounds implore you,
Come, My life for you I gave!
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There may be no more tomorrow,
No more suns for thee may rise;
Thine no more earth’s joys and sorrows,
Smiling morn, or evening skies.
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Oh, how longer can you grieve Him,
How His mercy turn away?
Come, with thankful tears receive Him;
Come to Jesus, come today!
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