Are you ready God to meet

Formerly I did not know how to sing, neither could I speak well, but whenever I preached the gospel, I was crazy. There are several gospel hymns that we sang often in northern China, for example, Hymns, #1044, "Are you ready God to meet?" and #1080, "What profit all the labor here?" After singing these hymns, we felt that everything is vain, including our spouses and children. This was the result of our singing with expression. Another hymn we sang often is #309: "What a wonderful change in my life has been wrought / Since Jesus came into my heart!" The chorus of this hymn is very releasing; it says, "Since Jesus came into my heart! / Since Jesus came into my heart! / Floods of joy o'er my soul like the sea billows roll, / Since Jesus came into my heart!" We sang the chorus until it seemed as if our entire being was "rolling." Other hymns we often sang include #930, "Must I go, and empty-handed" and #918, "Christians, make haste, your mission high fulfilling."

Revised version:

1. Oh, get ready, God to meet;
Oh, get ready, God to meet;
Oh, get ready, God to meet;
Now repent, believe.
Oh, prepare—repent, believing,
Salvation receive.

2. Oh, get ready, God to meet;
Oh, get ready, God to meet;
Oh, get ready, God to meet;
All sins put away.
Oh, prepare; your sins forsaking,
Be renewed today.

3. Oh, get ready, God to meet;
Oh, get ready, God to meet;
Oh, get ready, God to meet;
Yield your all to God.
Oh, prepare, give soul and body
Wholly unto God.