Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Time is winging us away
Topic: Heaven/Home There
Writer: John Burton
Composer: W Oakley
Meter: 7s and 6s peculiar
Tune: Pentinence
Hymn Number: 489
Page Number: 171, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTIME is winging us away
To our eternal home;
Life is but a Winter's day--
A journey to the tomb;
Youth and vigor soon will flee,
Blooming beauty lost its charms;
All that's mortal soon shall be
Inclos'd in death's cold arms.
Time is winging us away
To our eternal home;
Life is but a Winter's day--
A journey to the tomb;
But the Christian shall enjoy
Health and beauty soon above,
Far beyond the world's alloy,
Secure in Jesus' love.