Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: How vain is all beneath the skies
Topic: The Gospel/Hope of Eternal Life
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune: Desire
Hymn Number: 308
Page Number: 114, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHow vain is all be-neath the skies!
How transient ev'-ry earth-ly bliss!
How slen-der all the fondest ties
That bind us to a world like this!
The evening cloud, the morning dew,
The withering grass, the fading flower,
Of earthly hopes are emblems true-
The glory of a passing hour.
But though earth's fairest blossoms die,
And all beneath the skies is vain,
There is a brighter world on high,
Beyond the reach of care and pain.
Then let the hope of joys to come
Dispel our cares and chase our fears;
If God be ours, we're traveling home,
Though passing through a vale of tears.