Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: My days are gliding swiftly by (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: My days are gliding swiftly by

Topic: Present and Future/Heaven

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: George Root

Meter: 8s and 7s

Tune: Shining Shore (Stop)

Hymn Number: 781

Page Number: 293, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

My days are gli-ding swift-ly by,

And I, a pil-grim stranger,

Would not de-tain them as they fly,

Those hours of toil and dan-ger.



CHO.- For, oh! we stand on Jordan's strand,

Our friends are passing o-ver;

And just be-fore, the shin-ing shore

We may al-most dis-cov-er.



We'll gird our loins, my brethren dear,

Our dis-tant home dis-cern-ing;

Our ab-sent Lord has left us word,

Let ev'ry lamp be burn-ing.