Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1848
Compiler: S W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: I would not live always I ask not to stay
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: George Oats
Meter: 11
Tune: Prescott
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 042, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI would not live alway, I ask not to stay,
Where storm after storm rises o'er the dark way:
The few lurid mornings that dawn on us here
Are enough for life's woes, full enough for its cheer.
I would not live always - 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 always away from his God,
Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode,
Where the rivers of pleasure flow o'er the bright plains,
And the noon-tide of glory eternally reigns:
Where the saints of all ages in harmony meet,
Their Saviour and brethren, transported to greet:
While the anthems of rapture unceasingly roll,
And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul.