| Stanza | Poetry Source by First Line | |||
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| 1 |
Sinner, O why so thoughtless grown? Why in such dreadful haste to die? Daring to leap to worlds unknown, Heedless against thy God to fly. |
Sinner, O why so thoughtless grown, Stanza 1 |
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| 2 |
Wilt thou despise eternal fate, Urged on by sin's delusive dreams? Madly attempt th' infernal gate, And force thy passage thru the flames. |
Sinner, O why so thoughtless grown, Stanza 2 |
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| 3 |
Stay, sinner, on the gospel plains, And hear the Lord of life unfold; The glory of His dying pains, Forever telling yet untold. |
Sinner, O why so thoughtless grown, Stanza 3 |