9489. No Time

1 With God’s Shekinah glory filled,
Heav’n needs no sun or moon;
As dawn and sunset merge to shine
In bright, unending noon.

2 No spinning spheres the seasons mark,
No ebb of moon-pulled tide,
No precious moment to be lost,
No time to kill or bide.

3 No evening when the flowers close,
At looming end of day;
No rush to finish work undone,
No light that will not stay.

4 No midnight watchman in the street,
Or guard upon the wall,
The gates of pearl need never shut,
No foe can there appall.

5 No rooster greets the coming sun,
No haste to rise and toil;
No need to wake, for none have slept:
No dreaded daily moil.

6 No fleeting years, or misspent hours,
No soon, or late, or speed;
No yesterday, tomorrow, nor
A tyrant clock to heed.

7 No ghosts of past or future there,
In all that light kissed land;
But endless joy and peace abound,
Blessed by the great I AM.

8 No sick beds, cemeteries there,
No hearts with grief o’ercome;
No tombstones marching row by row
To death’s low sounding drum.

9 Time’s darkly flowing river now
Is banished from on high;
Before us yearless streams of life:
We have no time to die.

Text Information
First Line: With God’s Shekinah glory filled
Title: No Time
Author: Richard W. Adams (2015)
Language: English
Copyright: © 2015 Richard W. Adams These lyrics may be freely reproduced or published for Christian worship or devotions, provided they are not altered, & this notice is on each copy
Notes: Alternate tunes: SERENITY by Uzziah C. Burnap; SOHO by Joseph Barnby
Tune Information
Name: MAITLAND
Composer: George Nelson Allen (1844)
Key: A♭ Major
Source: The Oberlin Social and Sabbath Hymn Book, 1844
Copyright: Public Domain



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