Why Not Be Saved Tonight?

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Why are you straying away from the Lord

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [Why are you straying away from the Lord]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Why are you straying away from the Lord?
Why not be saved tonight?
Little of pleasure the world can afford;
Why not be saved tonight?

Chorus:
Why not, why not,
Why not be saved tonight?
Throw open to Jesus the doors of your heart;
Why not be saved tonight?

2 How can you longer your Master deny?
Why not be saved tonight?
Give Him your heart e’er this day passes by;
Why not be saved tonight? [Chorus]

3 Long He has pleaded and waited in vain;
Why not be saved tonight?
Shall He be turned from your heart’s door again;
Why not be saved tonight? [Chorus]

4 Portals of mercy swing open to you;
Why not be saved tonight?
Your opportunities may be but few;
Why not be saved tonight? [Chorus]

5 God’s Holy Spirit will not always strive;
Why not be saved tonight?
Lest you forever should Him from you drive,
Why not be saved tonight? [Chorus]

Source: Great Tabernacle Hymns #109

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Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Why are you straying away from the Lord
Title:	Why Not Be Saved Tonight?
Author:	Haldor Lillenas
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Why not, why not
Publication Date:	1916
Copyright:	Public Domain