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98. CALL TO BEGINNERS

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​Author:  Unknown
​Composer:  Christian Friedrich Witt, 1715 (1665-1717)​

​1. Be not thou discouraged,
    Though the tempters flourish;
    Him who calls, obey!
    Follow, though they threaten,
    For the Saviour’s servants
    Call: Do not delay.
    Don’t relent; fear not contempt,
    Nor the spiteful horde’s oppression;
    Hold fast thy confession!
 
2. See’st thou others wander
    Who the Saviour slander,
    Dead in unbelief,
    Who are ever seeking
    With their evil speaking,
    Christ’s fold to deceive;
    Do not fear; the Lord is near,
    Breaks the way to life immortal;
    Strive to find the portal!
 
3. Yield to Him submission
    Who for thy transgression
    Died upon the cross!
    Do no longer tarry;
    You must haste and hurry;
    Tardiness is loss.
    When at last God’s grace is past
    And proud Babylon is banished,
    All hope will have vanished.
 
4. We must shun the teaching
    Of those who are preaching
    Sinful greed and lust,
    To the Beast allegiance,
    To God disobedience,
    Whose reward is just.
    Wrath and scorn must here be borne;
    He who here avoids affliction
    Forfeits God’s affection.
 
5. Therefore, onward hurry;
    Do not longer tarry
    Here in Babel’s land!
    He who here stays captured
    Ne’er shall be enraptured
    With that sacred band.
    Up and strive for endless life;
    Do not fear the roaring lion;
    Fear the God of Zion.

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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