Sinner, O why so thoughtless grown

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Sinner, O why so thoughtless grown

Poet: John Rippon, 1787
Meter: Long Meter (8,8,8,8)

		Location in The Sacred Harp
	Stanza	Denson	Cooper
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?		Sessions 38t, Stanza 1
2	Wilt thou despise eternal fate, Urg'd on by sin's fantastic dreams, Madly attempt th' infernal gate, And force thy passage thru the flames?		Sessions 38t, Stanza 2
3	Stay, sinner, on the gospel plains, Behold the God of love unfold The glory of His dying pains, Forever telling, yet untold.		Sessions 38t, Stanza 3

Rippon, John. A Selection Hymns, From the Best Authors, Intended to Be an Appendix to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns. 14th Edition. London: Printed and published by S.C. Ustick, 1807.