Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: My days are gliding swiftly by (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised

Date: 1882

Compiler: A I Hobbs et al

Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co

First Line: My days are gliding swiftly by

Topic: Afflictions

Writer: David Nelson

Composer: George Root

Meter: 8s and 7s

Tune: Shining Shore (Stop)

Hymn Number: 668

Page Number: 249, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

MY days are gliding swiftly by,

And I, a pilgrim stranger,

Would not detain them as they fly,

Those hours of toil and danger.--CHO.



Chorus.--For, O we stand on Jordan's strand;

	Our friends are passing over;

	And just before, the shining shore

	We may almost discover.



We'll gird our loins, my brethren dear,

Our distant home discerning;

Our absent Lord has left us word,

Let every lamp be burning.--CHO.



Should coming days be cold and dark,

We need not cease our singing;

That perfect rest naught can molest,

Where golden harps are ringing.--CHO.



Let sorrow's rudest tempest blow,

Each cord on earth to sever;

Our King says "Come," and there's our home,

Forever! O forever!--CHO.