Missions
He Was Not Willing
- Words:
- Lucy R. Meyer, 1885. Music and Setting: 'He Was Not Willing' Lucy R. Meyer, 1885.
- Metre:
- 11 10 11 10 11 10 11 10
- 1"He was not willing that any should perish";Jesus enthroned in the glory above,Saw our poor fallen world, pitied our sorrows,Poured out His life for us, wonderful love!Perishing, perishing! Thronging our pathway,Hearts break with burdens too heavy to bear:Jesus would save, but there's no one to tell them,No one to lift them from sin and despair.
- 2"He was not willing that any should perish";Clothed in our flesh with its sorrow and pain,Came He to seek the lost, comfort the mourner,Heal the heart broken by sorrow and shame.Perishing, perishing! Harvest is passing,Reapers are few and the night draweth near:Jesus is calling thee, haste to the reaping,Thou shalt have souls, precious souls for thy hire.
- 3Plenty for pleasure, but little for Jesus;Time for the world with its troubles and toys,No time for Jesus' work, feeding the hungry,Lifting lost souls to eternity's joys.Perishing, perishing! Hark, how they call us;Bring us your Savior, oh, tell us of Him!We are so weary, so heavily laden,And with long weeping our eyes have grown dim.
- 4"He was not willing that any should perish";Am I His follower, and can I liveLonger at ease with a soul going downward,Lost for the lack of the help I might give!Perishing, perishing! Thou wast not willing;Master, forgive, and inspire us anew;Banish our worldliness, help us to everLive with eternity's values in view.
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Topics
- Activity
- Atonement
- Brevity of Life
- Christian Life
- Church on Earth (Church Militant)
- Conversion
- Discipleship
- Education
- Example, Christ's
- Following Jesus, In Faith
- Following Jesus, In Action
- Following Jesus, Sanctification
- God, Love of
- God, Mercy of
- Gospel
- Harvest
- Invitation (God's to Us)
- Jesus
- Love
- People of the World
- Sacrifice
- Submission (see also Following Jesus, God - Providence of, Trust)
- Testimony
- Zeal
In the hymnals
- Written in 1879, the words are in 49 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.