Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: While with ceaseless course the sun
Topic: Times and Seasons
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 7s double
Tune: Benevento
Hymn Number: 815
Page Number: 310, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWhile with ceaseless course the sun
Hasted thro' the former year,
Many souls their race have run,
Never-more to meet us here.
Fixed in an e-ter-nal state,
They have done with all below,
We a lit-tle longer wait,
But how lit-tle, none can know.
As the winged arrow flies
Speedily the mark to find;
As the lightning from the skies
Darts, and leaves no trace behind-
Swiftly thus our fleeting days
Bear us down life's rapid stream;
Upward, Lord, our spirits raise,
All below is but a dream.
Thanks for mercies past receive,
Pardon of our sins renew;
Teach us henceforth how to live,
With eternity in view;
Bless they word to old and young,
Fill us with a Savior's love;
When our life's short race is run,
May we dwell with thee above.