Why Do You Wait?

Words:
George F. Root
Music:
George F. Root

Sheet music

  1. 1Why do you wait, dear brother,Oh, why do you tarry so long?Your Savior is waiting to give youA place in His sanctified throng.Why not? Why not?Why not come to Him now?Why not? Why not?Why not come to Him now?
  2. 2What do you hope, dear brother,To gain by a further delay?There’s no one to save you but Jesus,There’s no other way but His way.Why not? Why not?Why not come to Him now?Why not? Why not?Why not come to Him now?
  3. 3Do you not feel, dear brother,His Spirit now striving within?O why not accept His salvation,And throw off thy burden of sin?Why not? Why not?Why not come to Him now?Why not? Why not?Why not come to Him now?
  4. 4Why do you wait, dear brother?The harvest is passing away;Your Savior is longing to bless you:There’s danger and death in delay.Why not? Why not?Why not come to Him now?Why not? Why not?Why not come to Him now?

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1878, the words are in 520 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

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