Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Almighty Maker of my frame
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: 312
Page Number: 290, 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 wo;
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.