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• (Posted 2024-08-07)  CPDL #81515: 

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Editor: Antonio Higgins (submitted 2024-08-07).   Score information: Letter (landscape), 1 page, 35 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Transcribed from The Sacred Harp (1911). The alto line is given a separate staff.

General Information

Title: Warning
First Line: Today the Savior calls
Composer: Elphrey Heritage
Lyricist: Samuel Francis Smith
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1911
Description: Originally published on 3 staves, with Tenor and Alto together. The harmony is of a more conventional style compared to other hymns in the book.

Original text and translations

English text

1. Today the Savior calls:
Ye wanderers, come;
O ye benighted souls,
Why longer roam?

2. Today the Savior calls:
O listen now!
Within these sacred walls
To Jesus bow.

3. Today the Savior calls:
For refuge fly;
The storm of justice falls,
And death is nigh.

4. The Spirit calls today:
Yield to His power;
O grieve Him not away;
’Tis mercy’s hour.