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[Why should I till to-morrow stay]
Why should I till to-morrow stay
For what Thou wouldst bestow to-day,
What Thou more willing art to give
Than I to ask, or to receive?
This moment, Lord, Thou ready art
To break, and to bind up my heart,
To pour the balm of Gilead in,
Forgive, and take away my sin.
Thou waitest now to show Thy grace,
To fold me in Thy kind embrace,
And, stablishing in peace and power
To bid me go and sin no more.
This is the time: I surely may
Salvation find on this glad day,
And knowing Thee my Saviour prove
That Thou art God, and God is love.
Give then the bliss for which I pray
To-day while it is call'd to-day,
The nature pure, the life Divine,
And make Thy gracious fulness mine.
Now Lord, as love Thyself reveal;
And when Thou in my heart dost dwell,
And when by faith I compass Thee
I comprehend the Deity.
