Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: I would not live always I ask not to stay
Topic: The New Life/Aspirations
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 11s
Tune: Frederick
Hymn Number: 614
Page Number: 224, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI would not live always; I ask not to stay...
Where storm after storm rises dark o'er the way:
The few cloudy morning that dawn on us here,
Are enough for life's owes, full e---nough for its cheer.
I would not live always: no, welcome the tomb;
Since Jesus has lain there, I dread not its gloom;
There sweet be my rest, till he bid me arise
To hail him in triumph descending the skies.
Who, who would live always, away from his God,
Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode,
Where the rivers of pleasure flow o'er the bright plains,
And the noontide of glory eternally reigns;
Where the saints of all ages in harmony meet,
Their Savior and brethren transported to greet,
While the anthems of rapture unceasingly roll,
And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul!