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168. TARRY NOT!

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​Author:  Ernst Gottlieb Woltersdorf (1725-1761)
​Music Source:  Stralsund Gesangbuch, 1665

1. Flourishing youth, Thou our hope and our fond expectation,
    Hark to the voice that is calling in kind invitation!
    That hand obey Which oft has pointed the way
    To the dear Saviour’s salvation!
 
2. Offer the lively, the cheerful and beautiful flower,
    Offer with gladness and willingness thy youthful power
    To Christ, thy friend, Who thy soul e’er will defend,
    Safe in His heavenly bower.
 
3. Tenderly Jesus embraces the lambs as His treasure.
    Youth, thou shalt furnish the Shepherd His favorite pleasure.
    Blessing and glee Showers the Father on thee,
    Prize of His flock, without measure.
 
4. Living for Jesus will bring thee to joy everlasting,
    Daily and hourly His great and eternal love tasting.
   This shall suffice, But on the pathway of vice,
    Body and soul you’d be wasting.
 
5. Trees of sweet youth filled with holy, devout animation,
    In grace and wisdom expanding through Christ’s inspiration,
    With loving care, God will in due time prepare
    For His good work of salvation.
 
6. Honor and grace with the Lamb and God ever possessing,
    No earthly glory compares with this heavenly blessing.
    Then in your youth Turn to the Saviour in truth,
    Lest your time vainly be passing.
 
7. If thou wilt seek Him, His angels around thee will hover;
    In their communion great happiness thou shalt discover,
    If thou wilt stay With Him until thy last day,
    Who is thy bridegroom and lover.
 
8. Think what great honor and glory the Lord then will render
    Him who from childhood and till his last years did surrender
    All to the Lord; Even old age will accord
    Crowns of God’s mercy so tender.
 
9. Surely there follows a happy, contented departure,
    All who the Lamb’s reconciling and soul-healing torture
    Long years have known. Yea, in this service alone
    Will I inherit my fortune.

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Special thanks to the Apostolic Christians who diligently labored to keep their rich musical heritage alive when most other denominations forsook it in the challenging battle of changing cultures.
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Thanks be to those souls who labored to write and compose this treasure of praise, many now only known to GOD!

Above all, thanks, praise, and glory be to GOD!
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  • Home
    • Stories of Faith >
      • The Prodigal Son and the Zion’s Harp
      • Steep and Thorny is the Way
      • With Your Zion’s Harps Now Chiming, Praise the Lord!
      • Faithful Unto Death Remain
      • A Loving Devotion to Producing Zion’s Harps, One Copy Per Year
      • Hungarians Begin to Visit Brethren in Communist Ukraine
      • Zion’s Harp Melody Bridges Language Gap
      • Brethren Be Ye Not Affrighted
      • A Letter from Prison
    • Authors
    • Composers
  • Translations
    • Neue Zionsharfe- German
    • Új Sion Hárfa- Hungarian
    • Xapɸa Cиoha- Serbian
    • Noua Harfă A Sionului- Romainian
    • Svete Pisme Novog Siona- Sokac
    • Cithare Davida illi pisme Novog Siona- Bunjevac
    • Harfa Siona- Slovak
    • ПЕСНІ І ХВАЛУ У ХРІСТІ- Ukrainian
    • Zion's Harp
    • Apostolic Christian Hymnal >
      • ACH Texts
      • ACH Sheet Music
    • Arpa De Sion- Spanish
    • Nova Harpa de Sião- Portuguese
    • Sions Harfa- Swedish
    • シオンの竪琴 - Japanese
    • Harfa Siona- Croatian
    • Zion's Hymns
  • Contact
  • Shop
  • Acknowledgements