Timeless Truths ‎#1047

1047. An Appeal to the Sinner

1 Swiftly the shades of evening gather around thy way;
Fast is the sun declining, ending thy earthly day;
Dark, dark, ever descending has thy pathway been;
Sad, sad, sad is the ending of thy life of sin.

Refrain 1-3:
Dark thy future doth appear.

2 Swiftly the moments flying, hasten thy coming doom;
Specters of woe and torment upward before thee loom;
Down, down, deeper and deeper, sinking into night,
Far, far, left in the distance, is thy guiding light. [Refrain]

3 Swiftly thy steps now bear thee far from the holy way;
Thoughtless, from God and heaven thou dost each moment stray;
Near, near, swiftly approaching, is the day of wrath;
Sure, sure, straight to destruction leads thy sinful path. [Refrain]

4 Swiftly thy death is nearing, closer it comes each day,
Soon will its icy fingers banish thy life away;
Turn, turn, mercy is waiting, calling earnestly;
Come, come, Jesus is pleading, He is seeking thee.

Refrain 4:
Christ, thy Savior, now is near.

Text Information

• First Line: Swiftly the shades of evening gather around thy way
• Title: An Appeal to the Sinner
• Author: Charles W. Naylor
• Meter: 13.13.12.12 R
• Scripture:
  Job 9:25
• Topic: Invitation
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/An_Appeal_to_the_Sinner); Faith Publishing House, Echoes from Heaven, 1976 (114); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (281)

Tune Information

• Name: [Swiftly the shades of evening gather around thy way]
• Composer: Barney E. Warren (1911)
• Meter: 13.13.12.12 R
• Key: F Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/An_Appeal_to_the_Sinner); Faith Publishing House, Echoes from Heaven, 1976 (114); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (281)