The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 ‎#921

921. O Soul, Do Not Delay

Text Information

• First Line: O soul, do not delay! (O Seele, säume nicht!)
• Title: O Soul, Do Not Delay
• German Title: O Seele, säume nicht
• Author: John Fretz Funk, 1835-1930
• Translator: John J. Overholt (1972)
• Meter: S.M. 6.6.8.6.
• Language: English; German
• Publication Date: 1972
• Scripture:
  Micah 6:6-8
• Topic: Book Four: Occasional Selections, Gospel Songs and Hymns; Christian Commission: Edification, Encouragement, Testimony
• Copyright: Translation Copyright © 1972 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers
• Notes: Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? … with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Mic. 6:6-8.

Tune Information

• Name: DENNIS
• Composer: Johann Georg Nägeli (1773-1836) (1832)
• Arranger: Lowell Mason (1792-1872) (1845)
• Meter: S.M. 6.6.8.6.
• Key: F Major
• Notes: M.M. 72

Text Information:

Note: this text is to be sung with the tune Dennis, No. 706, "Blest Be the Tie That Binds."