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Why Do You Wait?

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1 Why do you wait, dear brother,
O why do you tarry so long?
Your Savior is waiting to give you
A place in His sanctified throng.

Refrain
Why not, why not,
Why not come to Him now?
Why not, why not,
Why not come to Him now?

2 What do you hope, dear brother,
To gain by a further delay?
There’s no one to save you but Jesus,
There’s no other way but His way. [Refrain]

3 Do you not feel, dear brother,
His Spirit now striving within?
O why not accept His salvation
And throw off your burden of sin? [Refrain]

4 Why do your wait, dear brother?
The harvest is passing away;
Your Savior is longing to bless you,
There's danger and death in delay. [Refrain]


Source: The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #194

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Author: George F. Root

Root, George F., MUS. DOC, born in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass., Aug. 30, 1820. He is much more widely known as a composer of popular music than as a hymn writer. Four of his hymns are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878. Nos. 16, 100, 293, and 297. A sympathetic biographical sketch, with portrait, is in The Tonic Sol-Fa Reporter, Sep. 1886. He died Aug. 6, 1895. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Why do you wait, dear brother
Title: Why Do You Wait?
Author: George F. Root (1878)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Why not? why not?
Notes: Swahili translation: See "Kwa nini wataka kungoja"
Copyright: Public Domain
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Hymns of Faith #331

Hymns of Faith #331

New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #150

New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #150
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Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #772

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #772

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Psalms Anthems Spiritual Songs for the Assemblies of Yahweh #61a

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Sacred Selections for the Church #623

Sacred Selections for the Church #623

Sacred Songs of the Church #462

Sacred Songs of the Church #462
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Soul-stirring Songs and Hymns (Rev. ed.) #269

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Standard Songs Of The Church #203

Standard Songs Of The Church #203
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Tabernacle Hymns #286

Tabernacle Hymns #286
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The Cyber Hymnal #7455

The Cyber Hymnal #7455
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The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #194

The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #194

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Tuneful Tidings #76
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Yes, Lord! #295

Yes, Lord! #295
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