Time Is Earnest, Passing By - Hymn Lyrics & Music
Time Is Earnest, Passing By - Historic Christian Hymn / Spiritual Song Lyrics with Orchestral backing music.
LYRICS:
Time is earnest, passing by
Author: Sidney Dyer
Tune: innocents Alt Merced
1 Time is earnest, passing by;
Death is earnest, drawing nigh;
Sinner, wilt thou trifling be?
Time and death appeal to Thee.
2 Life is earnest; when 'tis o'er,
Thou returnest never more;
Soon to meet eternity;
Wilt Thou never serious be?
3 God is earnest; kneel and pray,
Ere thy season pass away;
Ere He set His judgment throne—
Vengeance ready, mercy gone.
4 O be earnest! death is near;
Thou wilt perish, ling'ring here:
Sleep no longer, rise and flee;
Lo! thy Saviour waits for thee!
FOR SINGERS - music is mostly SATB formatted:
Centre: Soprano (violin/piccolo/flute/cello), Bass (Acoustic Bass/Contrabass)
Right 100% Alto (clarinet), Left 100% Tenor (oboe/tuba/trombone)
Lyrics are formatted for church type projection, for use in worship or choir practice etc.
SONG VERSIONS are the original traditional ones. There are also some variant versions of tunes, standard / full verses or instrumentation.
Lyrics and tunes used are PD versions, my music performance(sound recording) is copyright© Rod Smith but non-commercial, worship and individual education use is OK but NO posting to other YouTube channels or on-line anywhere without permission. Copyright, author and CCLI number (where available) are on the video.
UPDATES & CORRECTIONS: please let me know of any problem or deficiency with a song or music, and I will try and provide a new corrected version.
Thanks Rod