Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near,

The waters of life are now flowing for thee;

No price is demanded, the Saviour is here,

Redemption is purchased—salvation is free.

2 Delay not, delay not! why longer abuse

The love and compassion of Jesus our Lord!

A fountain is opened; how canst thou refuse

To wash and be cleansed in his pardoning blood?

3 Delay not, delay not! O sinner, to come;

For mercy still lingers, and calls thee to-day;

Her voice is not heard in the vale of the tomb;

Her message, unheeded, will soon pass away.

4 Delay not, delay not! the Spirit of grace,

Long grieved and resisted, entreats thee to come;

Beware, lest in darkness thou finish thy race,

And sink to the vale of eternity’s gloom.

5 Delay not, delay not! the hour is at hand,

The earth shall dissolve and the heavens shall fade;

The dead, small and great, in the judgment shall stand:

What power, then, O sinner, shall lend thee its aid?