From "S. Albans' Tune Book," by permission. Or, Tune 46. Hymns Ancient and Modern, 251. Church Hymns, 396. I SINNERS, turn, why will ye die ? God, your Maker, asks you why: God, Who did your being give, Made you with Himself to live! He the fatal cause demands, Asks the work of His own Hands, Why, ye thankless creatures, why Will ye cross His love, and die? 2 Sinners, turn, why will ye die? God, your Saviour, asks you why: God, Who did your souls retrieve, Died Himself, that ye might live. Will you let Him die in vain ? Crucify your Lord again? Why, ye ransomed sinners, why Will you slight His grace and die? 3 Sinners, turn, why will ye die? 4 Dead already, dead within, Dead to God, while here you breathe, O ye dying sinners, why, Why will you for ever die? Amen. |