Come, make thy choice!—for life or death eternal;
CHRIST OR THE WORLD—the broad or narrow way;
The Father’s Home, or judgment dark, eternal,
Unending joy or sorrow—choose today!
Come, make thy choice! Behold how time is flying—
Speeding the fateful hour for grave and gay!
Behold, I come! the Lord from heaven is crying:
Eternal interests urge thee—choose today!
Come, make thy choice! It may be now or never,
‘Tis worse than madness longer to delay;
Now is the hinge of all that vast “forever”;
Tomorrow never cometh — choose today!
Come, make thy choice! Hark! ‘tis the lamentation
Of late repentance, where Hope sheds no ray—
“Oh! for one hour on earth to take salvation;
But ‘tis too late forever”—choose today!
Come, make thy choice! God waits for thy decision;
Oh! wilt thou not, as conscience bids thee say:
“I will, I DO despise the world’s false vision,
And THOU, THYSELF, Lord Jesus, choose today!”
ML-12/13/1964