A few days ago a friend of mine posted these words as her status on Facebook. Immediately upon reading those words my mind started singing the song! Since then it is either going through my mind or I am literally singing it over and over!It is a song I chose to sing almost every time I was asked to sing a solo at a missionary service! You see, it is a very, very, very old song and I am afraid it will be a lost song. My mom sang this song at General Assembly in 1960. She is the only person I have ever heard sing the song besides me. The words of the song are laying heavy on my heart this week. They are so very true!
Souls all around us are dying, traveling the road down to hell;
Oh! how our hearts should be crying, Salvation's story to tell. Someone is dying each moment, What if we've failed to be true To tell them about Christ's atonement? There's so little time and so much to do.
Chorus:
So little time and so much to do! God help us all at our posts to be true. Tell them this story:"Christ died for you!" There's so little time and so much to do.
On every hand you are seeing The devil at work night and day; Trying to wreck ev'ry being Who would follow the Calvary way, Trading his home in the glory For a pleasure in sin to pursue, We must proclaim Calv'ry's story, There's so little time and so much to do.
Come unto Me, all ye weary Who labor, and I'll give you rest; Beneath the lights sin is drearey; Come unto Me and be blest. The time for Christ's coming is nearing; The signs of the time say He's due; So let's preach the Word without fearing, There's so little time and so much to do.
Chelsea Stockwell 1936
3 comments:
I'm glad to know you're concerned for keeping the song alive. My father, Chelsea Stockwell, wrote and published "So Little Time and So Much to Do" along with a large number of other songs for the solo voice in the revivalist tradition. He published two volumes of these works through the 40's and 50's. I am his oldest son, John, myself 65 years old; and, in my senior years, very proud of my father's work and ministry as an evangelist and singer/song-writer. Tonight I had gone on line and googled his name, and have been very pleased in my spirit to find your post. "God help us all at our posts to be true."
John! Thank-you so much for sharing that! Blessings on you, Brother!
I am looking for this song for our missions conference. Do you know where I can find a copy of this song? Thanks!
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