Number: 432
English: Tune; HON 1987 #255
Title: We Must Either Pray or Perish
Name: Ottawa
Words: Sam Jones
Music: Dr Lowell Mason
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We must ei¤ther pray or per¤ish,
Seek the face of God a¤lone,
Fall¤ing down in spir¤it wor¤ship
Him who reigns up¤on the throne,
In the tem¤ple of your heart
Nev¤er¤more from Him de¤part.

We must ei¤ther pray or per¤ish,
Let the Lamb of God pre¤vail
O¤ver all your ran¤somed be¤ing
Reign su¤preme, He shall not fail;
All your powers for Him em¤ploy,
Sa¤tan’s power He will de¤stroy.

We must ei¤ther pray or per¤ish,
Let the Prince of Life con¤trol;
He will sanc¤ti¤fy you whol¤ly–
All your spir¤it, bo¤dy, soul.
God is faith¤ful, al¤ways true,
He has prom¤ised– He will do.

Pray, Oh pray– you need not per¤ish;
See your Sav¤iour’s sprin¤kled blood
Speak¤ing nev¤er can be si¤lenced,
There be¤fore the throne of God.
Pre¤cious truth no power can dim,
God ac¤cepts us now in Him.