Verse 1
The times of ignorance are still,
If idols ye fall down before,
And blindly follow your own will,
And gold, or precious stones adore,
Your happiness in riches place,
In power, in pleasure, or in praise.

Verse 2
But God his messengers hath sent
That all may from their idols turn,
May now, commanded to repent,
Accept from Him the grace to mourn,
The objects visible despise,
And seek their bliss beyond the skies.

Verse 3
Sinners, this instant day and hour,
Yourselves renounce, your sins forsake:
The word Divine conveys the power;
The proffer’d power this moment take
(Warn’d by th’ ambassadors of heaven)
And fall condemn’d, and rise forgiven.

Verse 4
The word which cries to all, Repent,
The universal guilt declares,
And proves our God’s sincere intent
That all should be his sons and heirs,
Should turn, thro’ Jesus grace, and live,
And heaven into their hearts receive.