First Line: Life at best is very brief,

Life at best is very brief,
Like the falling of a leaf,
Like the binding of a sheaf:
Be in time !
Fleeting days are telling fast
That the die will soon be cast,
And the fatal line be passed :
Be in time !

Be in time ! ... Be in time ! . .
While the voice of Jesus calls you,
Be in time ! . . .
If in sin you longer wait,
You may find no open gate,
And your cry be just too late:
Be in time !

2 Fairest flowers soon decay,
Youth and beauty pass away ;
Oh, you have not long to stay :
Be in time !
While God's Spirit bids you come,
Sinner, do not longer roam,
Lest you seal your hopeless doom :
Be in time !

3 Time is gliding swiftly by,
Death and judgment draweth nigh,
To the arms of Jesus fly :
Be in time !
Oh, I pray you count the cost,
Ere the fatal line be crossed,
And your soul in hell be lost :
Be in time !

4 Sinner, heed the warning voice,
Make the Lord your final choice,
Then all heaven will rejoice :
Be in time !
Come from darkness into light ;
Come, let Jesus make you right ;
Come, and start for heaven to-night
Be in time !