Hymn

Escape For Thy Life

Thomas Scott

Metre 7.7.7.7.

HASTEN, O sinner, to be wise,

And stay not for the morrow’s sun,

The longer wisdom you despise,

The harder is she to be won.

O hasten, mercy to implore,

And stay not for the morrow’s sun,

For fear thy season should be o’er

Before this evening’s course be run.

Hasten, O sinner, to return,

And stay not for the morrow’s sun,

For fear thy lamp should fail to burn,

Before the needful work is done.

Hasten, O sinner, to be blest,

And stay not for the morrow’s sun,

For fear the curse should thee arrest

Before the morrow is begun.

Escape For Thy Life — Text from Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book, 1893. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/escape-for-thy-life

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Questions about this hymn

Who wrote Escape For Thy Life?

The words of Escape For Thy Life were written by Thomas Scott; the version here was published in 1893. The library also holds Angels! Roll the Rock Away, another hymn by Thomas Scott.

Is Escape For Thy Life public domain?

Yes. The words here are taken from Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book, published in 1893. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.

What is the metre of Escape For Thy Life?

Escape For Thy Life is in 7.7.7.7. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, I Have Put My Name There Forever, Rejoicing in God's Decrees and Christ the Lord Is Risen Today.