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O why are you clinging
to earth’s fading flow’rs,
Tho’ fragrant its blossoms
and lovely its bow’rs?
The cold breath of winter
will sweep them away,
Then why from your fatherland,
O why will you stay?
Why will you stay?
Jesus calls you today,
Your poor aching hearts
for rest are longing still,
And yet in His mercy
you may rest if you will.
O why are you dreaming of hopes
that are frail,
That die like the leaflet
when tossed by the gale?
The heart’s weary longings
the world cannot still,
And yet in the Savior
you may rest if you will.
Why will you stay?
Jesus calls you today,
Your poor aching hearts
for rest are longing still,
And yet in His mercy
you may rest if you will.
O why are you slighting
the voice of the Lord,
Refusing to follow His life giving Word?
No love like the Savior’s
your lone hearts can fill,
That love is inviting you to rest if you will.
Why will you stay?
Jesus calls you today,
Your poor aching hearts
for rest are longing still,
And yet in His mercy
you may rest if you will.
O why are you waiting
when time flies apace?
Take heed that ye spurn not
God’s message of grace;
O trust not the pleasures
that charm to deceive,
But come to the Savior and,
repenting, believe.
Why will you stay?
Jesus calls you today,
Your poor aching hearts
for rest are longing still,
And yet in His mercy
you may rest if you will.
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