Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns
Date: 1839
Compiler: Walter Scott and Silas Leonard
Publisher/Printer: A S Tilden
First Line: Eternity is just at hand
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Hymn Number: 576
Page Number: 298, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsETERNITY 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 oh! 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 sealed, and peace with God.
But should my brightest hopes be vain
The rising doubts, how sharp their pain!
My fears, O gracious God, remove,
Confirm my title to thy love.
Search, Lord-oh 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.