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Lyrics:Eliza Reed
Music:J. Calvin Bushey
Meter:8.8.8.5. with chorus

Hymn using same tune:

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 1  O do not let the Word depart,

    And close thine eyes against the light:

    Poor sinner, harden not your heart,

       Be saved, O tonight.

 

O why not tonight?

O why not tonight?

Wilt thou be saved?

Then why not tonight?

 

 2  Tomorrow's sun may never rise

    To bless thy long-deluded sight;

    This is the time, O then be wise,

       Be saved, O tonight.

 

O why not tonight?

O why not tonight?

Wilt thou be saved?

Then why not tonight?

 

 3  Our Lord in pity lingers still,

    And wilt thou thus His love requite?

    Renounce at once thy stubborn will,

       Be saved, O tonight.

 

O why not tonight?

O why not tonight?

Wilt thou be saved?

Then why not tonight?

 

 4  Our blessed Lord refuses none

    Who would to Him their souls unite;

    Believe on Him, the work is done.

       Be saved, O tonight.

 

O why not tonight?

O why not tonight?

Wilt thou be saved?

Then why not tonight?