Lutheran Hymnody
The Hymns
INVITATION
278
Delay Not, Delay Not, O Sinner, Draw Near
Acts 24: 25
11. 11. 11. 11.
Maldwyn
Thomas Hastings, 1831
Welsh melody, c. 1600
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not!
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price
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is
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ness
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and
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not
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chased,
5
Delay not, delay not! Why longer abuse
The love and compassion of Jesus, thy God?
A fountain is opened; how canst thou refuse
To wash and be cleansed In His pardoning blood?
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