1 Sinners, turn: why will ye die?
God, your Maker, asks you Why;
God, who did your being give,
Made you with Himself to live.
2 Sinners, turn: why will ye die?
God, your Savior, asks you why;
Will ye not in Him believe?
He has died that ye might live.
3 Sinners, turn: why will ye die?
God, the Spirit, asks you why;
Often with you has He strove,
Wooed you to embrace His love.
Charles Wesley
The Methodist Hymnal 1939 edition
<idle musing>
Hymnary.org adds two verses, one after verse 2 and the other after verse 3:
3 Will you let Him die in vain?Without those two verses, the hymn forms a nice commentary on the Trinity, one verse for each member. I suspect that's why the Methodist hymnal chose to excise the other two verses.
Crucify your Lord again?
Why, ye ransomed sinners, why
Will you slight His grace and die?5 Will ye not His grace receive?
Will ye still refuse to live?
O ye dying sinners, why,
Why will you forever die?
</idle musing>
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