I knelt to pray but not for long,
I had too much to do.

Must hurry off and get to work,
For bills will soon be due.

And so I said a hurried prayer,
Jumped up from my knees.

My Christian duty now was done,
My soul could be at ease.

All through the day I had no time,
To speak the 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, t'was time to die

And when before the Lord, I came,
I stood with downcast eyes.

With His hands He held a book,
It was the Book of Life.

He looked into the book and said,

"Your name I cannot find,
I once was going to write it down,
but never found the time."