Why Not Say Yes Tonight?

O why not say Yes to the Savior tonight?
He’s tenderly pleading with thee
To come to Him now with thy sin burdened heart
For pardon so full and so free.

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Why not say Yes tonight?
Why not? Why not?
While He so gently, so tenderly pleads,
O accept Him tonight!

For with you the Spirit will not always plead—
O do not reject Him tonight!
Tomorrow may bring you the darkness of death,
Unbroken by heavenly light.

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Take Christ as your Savior, then all shall be well,
The morrow let bring what it may;
His love shall protect you, His Spirit shall guide,
And safely keep you in His way.

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Author: Eliza Edmunds Hewitt

Year: 1891

Commonly attributed to Eliza E. Hewitt (also known as E. E. Hewitt); some hymnals list her as the author with music by J. H. Tenney. Alternate attributions are rare but occasionally list it as anonymous or under a pseudonym.