Redeeming the Time (Stebbins)
Authors: F.S. Shepherd • Composers: George C. Stebbins • Meter: 9.9.9.7. with refrain • Language: English • Formats: lyrics, png-shaped-note • Copyright: Free PNG, Public Domain • Years: 1913
Score (png-shaped-note): http://freehymnal.com/png/shape/redeemingthetime.png.
1. The grain stands white in the harvest-field,
And rich the fruitage which it will yield;
Step in today and the sickle wield,
Redeeming the precious time.
Refrain:
Redeeming, (Redeeming,) redeeming, (redeeming,)
Redeeming the precious time;
Go work today in the harvest-field,
Redeeming the precious time.
2. Lost souls are hastening down to doom,
Without a ray to dispel the gloom;
Give them the gospel, their path illume,
Redeeming the precious time.
3. Some lives are darkened by want and care;
The lack of sympathy brings despair;
Seek out such souls and their burdens share,
Redeeming the precious time.
4. The Lord soon cometh His own to take,
And of their stewardship reck’ning make;
Blest will he be that, for Jesus’ sake,
Has ever redeemed the time.