Repent Ye

Verse 1

Have our hearts grown cold since the days of old? Have we left our souls’ “first love?” Neither cold nor hot, God commends us not, Nor our luke-warm ways approve.

Chorus

Repent ye, repent ye, repent ye! ‘Tis the call of God to every land; Repent ye, repent ye, repent ye! For the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Verse 2

Has the God above our supreme true love? Have we bowed to Him alway? Do we own His claim and revere His name, And observe His holy day?

Verse 3

Do we honor those who have soothed our woes? Have we rendered good for ill? Are we pure in heart, doing all our part To fulfill the Saviour’s will?

Verse 4

Are we always true in the thing we do, In our words, our works, our ways? Are we quite content with the blessings sent, Giving God alone the praise?

Verse 5

Dare a mortal say—for a single day— “I have kept Thy law, O God! Undefiled by sin, I am pure within, And I need no cleansing blood?”