NO TIME (AUTHOR UNKNOWN)

I KNELT TO PRAY, BUT NOT FOR LONG;
I HAD TOO MUCH TO DO.
MUST HURRY OFF AND GET TO WORK
FOR BILLS WOULD SOON BE DUE.

AND SO I SAID A HURRIED PRAYER,
JUMPED UP FROM OFF MY KNEES;
MY CHRISTIAN DUTY NOW WAS DONE,
MY SOUL COULD BE AT EASE.

ALL THROUGH THE DAY I HAD NO TIME
TO SPEAK A WORD OF CHEER,
NO TIME TO SPEAK OF CHRIST TO FRIENDS,
THEY'D LAUGH AT ME, I FEARED.

NO TIME, NO TIME,TOO MUCH TO DO...
THAT WAS MY CONSTANT CRY;
NO TIME TO GIVE TO THOSE IN NEED...
AT LAST 'TWAS TIME TO DIE.

AND WHEN BEFORE THE LORD I CAME,
I STOOD WITH DOWNCAST EYES,
WITHIN HIS HANDS HE HELD A BOOK.
IT WAS THE "BOOK OF LIFE."

GOD LOOKED INTO HIS BOOK AND SAID,
" YOUR NAME I CANNOT FIND,
I ONCE WAS GOING TO WRITE IT DOWN,
BUT NEVER FOUND THE TIME"