Let sinners take their course
Author: Isaac Watts
Composer: Evan Stephens
Languages (2)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- English: Let sinners take their course
- French: L’endurci Pécheur
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Most common tunes for “Let sinners take their course”
This chart shows the tunes that are paired with this text most frequently, in hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If the text appears with the same tune in multiple editions or translations of the same hymnbook, it is only counted once.
Appearances of “Let sinners take their course” over time
This timeline shows which tunes have been used with this text over time, in hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1840 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Sacred Hymns (Nauvoo Hymnal) (1841), no. 99.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. Let sinners take their course, And choose the road to death; But in the worship of my God I’ll spend my daily breath.
2. My thoughts address His throne When morning brings the light; I seek His blessings every noon, And pay my vows at night.
3. Thou wilt regard my cries, O my eternal God! While sinners perish in surprise, Beneath Thine angry rod.
4. Because they dwell at ease, And no sad changes feel, They neither fear nor trust Thy name, Nor learn to do Thy will.
5. But I, with all my cares, Will lean upon my Lord; I’ll cast my burdens on His arm, And rest upon His word.
6. His arm shall well sustain The children of His love; The ground on which their safety stands No earthly power can move.