Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Teach me the measure of my days
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: Song 420
Page Number: 468, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTEACH me the measure of my days,
Thou Maker of my frame;
I would survey life's narrow space,
And learn how frail I am.
A span is all that we can boast;
How short the fleeting time!
Man is but vanity and dust,
In all his flow'r and prime.
What can I wish, or wait for then,
From creatures-earth and dust?
They make our expectations vain,
And disappoint our trust.
Now I forbid my carnal hope,
My fond desire recall;
I give my mortal int'rest up,
And make my God my all.