Out of the Ark
VERSE 1
Time,
with an unwearied hand,
They
dreamed not of danger, those sinners of old,
Whom
Noah was chosen to warn;
By
frequent transgressions their hearts had grown cold,
They
laughed his entreaties to scorn;
Yet
daily he called them, “Oh come, sinners, come,
Believe
and prepare to embark!
Receive
ye the message, and know there is room
For all
who will come to the Ark.”
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Then
come, come, oh, come;
There’s
refuge alone in the Ark;
Receive
ye the message, and know there is room
For all
who will come to the Ark.
VERSE 2
He could
not arouse them, unheeding they stood,
Unmoved
by his warning and prayer;
The
prophet passed in from the oncoming flood,
And left
them to hopeless despair;
The
floodgates were opened, the deluge came on,
The
heavens as midnight grew dark;
Too
late, then they turned, every foothold was gone,
They
perished in sight of the Ark.
VERSE 3
O
sinners, the heralds of mercy implore,
They cry
like the patriarch, “Come”;
The Ark
of salvation is moored to your shore,
Oh,
enter while yet there is room!
The
storm cloud of justice rolls dark overhead,
And when
by its fury you’re tossed,
Alas, of
your perishing souls ’twill be said,
“They
heard—they refused—and were lost!”
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