Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: I would not live alway I ask not to stay
Topic: The New Life/Aspiration
Writer: <no first name given> Muhlenberg
Composer:
Meter: 11s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 836
Page Number: 492, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI would not live alway: I ask not to stay
Where storm after storm rises dark o'er the way;
The few cloudy mornings that dawn on us here
Are enough for life's woes, full enough for its cheer.
I would not live alway; 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 alway, away from his God,
Away from you 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 Saviour and brethren transported to greet,
While the anthems of raptrue unceasingly roll,
And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul!