Today is the Accepted Time

Representative Text

1 Now is the accepted time,
Now is the day of grace;
O sinners! come, without delay,
And seek the Saviour's face.

2 Now is the accepted time,
The Saviour calls to-day;
To-morrow it may be too late;
Then why should you delay?

3 Now is the accepted time,
The gospel bids you come;
And every promise in his word
Declares there yet is room.

4 Lord, draw reluctant souls,
And feast them with thy love;
Then will the angels spread their wings,
And bear the news above.

Source: Laudes Domini: a selection of spiritual songs, ancient and modern for use in the prayer-meeting #251

Author: John Dobell

Dobell, John, b. 1757, d. May, 1840, was a port-gauger under the Board of Excise, at Poole, Dorset, and a person of some local note. In 1806 he published:— A New Selection of Seven Hundred Evangelical Hymns for Private, Family, and Public Worship (Many Original) from more than two hundred of the best Authors in England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, Arranged in alphabetical order; Intended as a Supplement to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns. By John Dobell. Lond., Williams and Smith, 1806. Subsequently this Selection was increased to "More than Eight Hundred" hymns, and the wording of the title-page was changed in several instances. Dobell's account of this work is:— "The hymns here presented to the public I have collected from m… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Now is the accepted time
Title: Today is the Accepted Time
Author: John Dobell
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Come today, come today
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

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The American Sunday-School Hymn-Book #178

The Army Hymn Book. 2nd ed. #d71

The Association Hymn Book #d85

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The Baptist Harp #375

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #346

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #138.346

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The Baptist Hymn Book #346

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The Baptist Praise Book #599

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The Baptist Psalmody #360

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The Baptist Standard Hymnal #687

The Bay State Collection of Church Music #d123

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The Book of Worship #264

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The Brethren Hymnal #283

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The Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs #237

The Canadian Baptist Hymnal for the use of Churches and Families #d421

The Chapel Hymn Book #d255

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The Chapel hymn book, with tunes #283

The Choralist #d236

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The Christian Hymn Book #297

The Christian Hymnal #d463

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The Christian Hymnal #220

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The Christian hymnal #402

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The Christian Hymnal #325

The Christian Hymnary #543

The Christian Hymnist #d370

The Christian Lyre #d270

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The Christian Lyre, Volume 1 #89

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The Christian Lyre #89

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The Christian Lyre #89

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The Christian Melodist #104

The Christian Psalmist #d461

The Christian Psalmist (Numeral ed.) 10th ed., 1st rev. ed. #d255

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The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns #237

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The Christian Psalmist #217

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The Church and Home Hymnal #144a

The Church Hymn Book #d664

The Church Hymn Book #d366

The Church of God Selection of Spiritual Songs for the Church and Choir #d598

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #161

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The Cluster of Spiritual Songs, Divine Hymns and Sacred Poems #CCXVI

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The Congregational Hymn Book #433

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The Cyber Hymnal #4540

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The Devotional Hymn and Tune Book #283

The Devotional Hymn Book #d324

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The Epworth Hymnal #114

The Evangelical Hymn and Tune Book #d483

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The Evangelical Hymnal #174

The Gospel Alarm #d103

The Gospel Hymnal #d407

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The Harp #421

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The Harp. 2nd ed. #a421

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The Heart and Voice #202c

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #147

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The Jubilee Harp #282

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The Lyrica #201

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The Manual of Praise for Sabbath and Social Worship #229

The National Psalmist #d126

The New Christian Harp. 10th ed. #d168

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The New Christian Hymn Book #266

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The New Golden Chain of Sabbath School Melodies #71c

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The New Jubilee Harp #123

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The New Jubilee Harp #617

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The New Jubilee Harp #123

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The New Jubilee Harp #617

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The New Laudes Domini #619

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The New Sabbath School Hosanna #127b

The Old Baptist Hymn Book #d200

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The People's Hymn Book #280

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The Presbyterian Book of Praise #135

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The Presbyterian Book of Praise #135

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #878

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #878

The Primitive Hymns #d417

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The Psalmist #435

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The Psalmist #435

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The Psalmody #411

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #D302

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The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #272b

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d704

The Sabbath School Hosanna #d116

The Sabbath School Hymn Book #d186

The Sacred Lute #d214

The Saints' Harp #d575

The School Psalter #d185

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The Social and Sabbath School Hymn-Book. (5th ed.) #12

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The Social Psalmist #85

The Song Service, a Manual of Choice and Favorite Hymns #d76

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The Songs of Zion #186

The South Western Psalmist #d265

The Southern Psalmist #d564

The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d591

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The Standard Church Hymnal #366

The Tabernacle Chorus #d118

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The Tabernacle Chorus (Trinity ed.) #121

The Union Harp and Revival Chorister. Rev ed. #d248

The Vestry Harp #d133

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