10005 | The Cyber Hymnal#10006 | 10007 |
Text: | Labor While We may |
Author: | Melia Z. Haffner |
Tune: | PALM BEACH |
Composer: | J. L. Moore |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Life seems but a sparkling river,
Flowing down the "steep of time,"
Bearing trusting spirits ever,
To a happy, holy clime.
Refrain:
'Let us, then, be up and doing,'
Let us labor while we may;
Roses ’round each pathway strewing,
Treading softly all life’s way.
2 We have but a short probation,
Soon our labors will be o’er;
Soon from toil and sore temptation,
We shall rest forevermore! [Refrain]
3 Yes, the night of death steals o’er us,
Calling us from earth away;
And eternity before us,
Beams with light of endless day. [Refrain]
4 Cheering pilgrims, faint and weary,
And with tenderness and love;
Pointing thro’ earth’s darkness dreary,
To the glorious home above. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Life seems but a sparkling river |
Title: | Labor While We may |
Author: | Melia Z. Haffner |
Refrain First Line: | "Let us, then, be up and doing" |
Meter: | 87.87 D |
Language: | English |
Source: | Chiming Voices by James H. Rosecrans and J. F. Toof (New York: Asa Hull, 1893) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tune NOVATO by Asa Hull from "Songs of the Golden," 1896 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PALM BEACH |
Composer: | J. L. Moore |
Meter: | 87.87 D |
Key: | G Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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