Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: How vain is all beneath the skies
Topic: Hope
Writer: D Ford
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune: Desire
Hymn Number: 217
Page Number: 084, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHOW vain is all beneath the skies!
How transient every earthly bliss!
How slender all the fondest ties
That bind us to a world like this!
The evening cloud, the morning dew,
The with'ring grass, the fading flow'r,
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 trav'ling home,
Though passing through a vale of tears.