Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Eternity is just at hand (FL)

Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns

Date: 1818

Compiler: Rice Haggard

Publisher/Printer: John Norvell

First Line: Eternity is just at hand

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: 316

Page Number: 294, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Eternity is just at hand;

And shall I waste my ebbing sand,

And careless view departing day,

And throw my inch of time away?



Eternity, tremendous sound!

To guilty souls, a dreadful wound;

But O! if Christ and heaven be mine,

How sweet the accents! How divine!



Be this my chief, my only care,

My high pursuit, my ardent prayer,

An interest in the Saviour's blood,

My pardon seal'd and peace with God.



But should my brightest hopes be vain,

The rising doubt, how sharp its pain!

My fears, O gracious God, remove,

Speak me an object of they love.



Search, Lord, O search my inmost heart,

And light, and hope, and joy impart;

From guilt and error, set me free,

And guide me safe to heaven and thee.