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To-day

The same words as 2 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.

17 words changed · 1 stanza only in Hymns and Tunes 1886 #414

Hymns and Tunes 1876 #131 · 1876Hymns and Tunes 1886 #414 · 1886

Verse 1

To-day the Savior calls;
Ye wanderers, come;
O ye benighted souls,
Why longer roam?

Verse 1

To-day the Saviour calls;
Ye wanderers, come;
O ye benighted souls,
Why longer roam?

Verse 2

To-day the Savior calls!
Oh! listen now;
Within these sacred walls,
To Jesus bow.

Verse 2

To-day the Saviour calls!
O listen now;
Within these sacred walls,
To Jesus bow.

Verse 3

To-day the Savior calls!
For mercy flee;
For all the guilty calls;
Must guilty be.

Verse 3

To-day the Saviour calls!
For refuge fly;
The storm of vengeance falls,
And death is nigh.

Verse 4

To-day the Savior calls!
For refuge fly;
The storm of vengeance falls;
Him is nigh.

Verse 4

To-day the Saviour calls!
For refuge fly;
The storm of vengeance falls;
Ruin is nigh.

Not in this version

Verse 5

The Spirit calls to-day!
Yield to his power;
O grieve it not away,
'Tis mercy's hour.