Life at best is very brief

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Life at best is very brief,
Like the falling of a leaf,
Like the binding of a sheaf,
    Be in time!
Fleeting days are telling fast
That the die will soon be cast,
And the fatal line be passed,
    Be in time!
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Be in time! Be in time!
While the voice of Jesus calls you,
  Be in time!
If in sin you longer wait,
You may find no open gate,
And your cry be just too late:
    Be in time!
Be in time! Be in time! 
While the voice of Jesus calls you, 
Be 
Ain 
time! 
A7If 
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sin you longer wait, 
You 
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find no open gate, 
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cry be just 
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Din 
time!
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Fairest flowers soon decay,
Youth and beauty pass away;
O you have not long to stay,
    Be in time!
While God's Spirit bids you come,
Sinner, do not longer roam,
Lest you seal your hopeless doom,
    Be in time!
Fairest flowers soon decay,
Youth and beauty pass away;
O you have not long to stay,
    Be in time!
While God's Spirit bids you come,
Sinner, do not longer roam,
Lest you seal your hopeless doom,
    Be in time!
3
Time is gliding swiftly by,
Death and judgment draweth nigh,
To the arms of Jesus fly,
    Be in time!
O I pray you count the cost!
Ere the fatal line be crossed,
And your soul in hell be lost,
    Be in time!
Time is gliding swiftly by,
Death and judgment draweth nigh,
To the arms of Jesus fly,
    Be in time!
O I pray you count the cost!
Ere the fatal line be crossed,
And your soul in hell be lost,
    Be in time!
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Sinner, heed the warning voice,
Make the Lord your final choice,
Then all heaven will rejoice,
    Be in time!
Come from darkness into light;
Come, let Jesus make you right;
Come, receive His life tonight,
    Be in time!
Sinner, heed the warning voice,
Make the Lord your final choice,
Then all heaven will rejoice,
    Be in time!
Come from darkness into light;
Come, let Jesus make you right;
Come, receive His life tonight,
    Be in time!
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Revised version:

1. Life, as vapor, quickly fades;

As a cloud, it dissipates;

As a dream, evaporates;

Be in time!

Flying time declares 'tis true:

In a flash, death faces you;

Just a little late, you're through;

Be in time!

Be in time! Be in time!

While the voice of Jesus calls you,

Be in time!

If in sin you longer wait,

You may find no open gate,

And your cry be just too late:

Be in time!

2. May the wise attentive hear:

Morning blooms soon disappear.

Who can bring back yesteryear?

Be in time!

Do your calculations fast,

Lest the line of death is passed,

And you into fire are cast;

Be in time!

3. Still the Spirit's touching you,

Often wrestling with you, too.

Why not yield, that peace ensue?

Be in time!

Jesus waits to give you grace;

Save you from your woeful case;

Don't wait foolishly! Make haste!

Be in time!

4. Sinners, heed this sage advice:

God's salvation, don't despise.

Choose the Savior in a trice!

Be in time!

Quickly, to His bosom fly;

Let Christ in your heart thereby;

While it's still today, draw nigh;

Be in time!