Life at best is very brief

		

431
				P.M.

1	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!

						C.J. Mason