Life at best is very brief, Like the falling of a leaf, Like the binding of a sheaf: Be in time ! Fleeting days are telling fast That the die will soon be cast, And the fatal line be passed : Be in time !
Be in time ! ... Be in time ! . . While the voice of Jesus calls you, Be in time ! . . . If in sin you longer wait, You may find no open gate, And your cry be just too late: Be in time !
2. Fairest flowers soon decay, Youth and beauty pass away ; Oh, you have not long to stay : Be in time ! While God's Spirit bids you come, Sinner, do not longer roam, Lest you seal your hopeless doom : Be in time !
3. Time is gliding swiftly by, Death and judgment draweth nigh, To the arms of Jesus fly : Be in time ! Oh, I pray you count the cost, Ere the fatal line be crossed, And your soul in hell be lost : Be in time !
4. Sinner, heed the warning voice, Make the Lord your final choice, Then all heaven will rejoice : Be in time ! Come from darkness into light ; Come, let Jesus make you right ; Come, and start for heaven to-night Be in time !