(Friday, 15th May 2026)
[Verse 1]
When called upon a solemn road,
Where time appoints the final place,
Let none delay thy onward feet,
Nor turn thee from the path of grace.
[Chorus]
Hasten, O soul, the hour is near,
Let every earthly chain depart;
Jehovah calls thee unto light,
With holy hands and yielded heart.
[Verse 2]
If all thy life depends on this,
Then haste, and suffer no delay;
For none can walk thy race for thee,
Nor bear thy soul upon the way.
[Chorus]
Hasten, O soul, the hour is near,
Let every earthly chain depart;
Jehovah calls thee unto light,
With holy hands and yielded heart.
[Verse 3]
"I Am the Lord, the Righteous One,
My garment purest holiness;
I dwell in light within, without,
In Me, there is no dark distress.
[Chorus]
Hasten, O soul, the hour is near,
Let every earthly chain depart;
Jehovah calls thee unto light,
With holy hands and yielded heart.
[Verse 4]
I Am Jehovah, God of Light,
The Holy Father, just and true;
Who hears My Word and walks therein,
Shall see My glory breaking through."
[Chorus]
Hasten, O soul, the hour is near,
Let every earthly chain depart;
Jehovah calls thee unto light,
With holy hands and yielded heart.
[Verse 5]
Why dost thou trifle with thy life,
When time will neither pause nor stay?
The hour to wash thy robe is now,
The hour to choose the narrow way.
[Chorus]
Hasten, O soul, the hour is near,
Let every earthly chain depart;
Jehovah calls thee unto light,
With holy hands and yielded heart.
[Verse 6]
Why hold the things that cannot save,
And cleave to bonds that drag thee down?
The chain that binds another soul
May rob thee of thy promised crown.
[Chorus]
Hasten, O soul, the hour is near,
Let every earthly chain depart;
Jehovah calls thee unto light,
With holy hands and yielded heart.
[Final Chorus]
Hasten, O soul, the hour is near,
Let every earthly chain depart;
Jehovah calls thee unto light,
With holy hands and yielded heart.
