Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Almighty Maker of my frame
Topic: Death/Certain to All
Writer: Anne Steele
Composer: William Boyce
Meter: LM
Tune: Appleton
Hymn Number: 185
Page Number: 075, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsALMIGHTY Maker of my frame,
Teach me the measure of my days;
Teach me to know how frail I am,
And spend the remnant to Thy praise.
My days are shorter than a span;
A little point my life appears;
How frail at best is dying man!
How vain are all his hopes and fears!
Vain his ambition, noise, and show,
Vain are the cares which rack his mind;
He heaps up treasures mix'd with woe,
And dies, and leaves them all behind.
O be a nobler portion mine!
My God, I bow before thy Throne;
Earth's fleeting treasures I resign,
And fix my hope on Thee alone.