Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: My days are gliding swiftly by
Topic: Christian/Work
Writer: David Nelson
Composer: George Root
Meter: 8s and 7s with chorus
Tune: Shining Shore
Hymn Number: 644
Page Number: 255, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsMY DAYS are gliding swiftly by,
And I, a pilgrim stranger,
Would not detain them as they fly,
Those hours of toil and danger.-CHO.
CHO.-For, O we stand on Jordan's strand,
Our friends are passing over;
And just before the shining shore
We may almost dis-cov-er.
We'll gird our loins, my brethren dear,
Our distant home discerning;
Our absent Lord has left us word,
Let every lamp be burning.-CHO.
Should coming days be cold and dark,
We need not cease our singing;
That perfect rest naught can molest,
Where golden harps are ringing.-CHO.
Let sorrow's rudest tempest blow,
Each cord on earth to sever;
Our King says "Come," and there's our home,
Forever, O forever!-CHO.