1  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!

 2  Fairest flowers soon decay,

    Youth and beauty pass away;

    O 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!

    O 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, receive His life tonight,

          Be in time!