Text: | Days and moments quickly flying |
Author: | E. Caswall, 1814-1878, and others |
Tune: | ST. SYLVESTER |
Composer: | Dr. J. B. Dykes, 1823-1876 |
1 Days and moments quickly flying
Blend the living with the dead;
Soon will you and I be lying
Each within his narrow bed.
2 Soon our souls to God who gave them
Will have sped their rapid flight:
Able now by grace to save them
O that while we can we might!
3 O by Thy power
Grant, Lord, that we
At our last hour
Fall not from Thee;
Saved by Thy grace,
Thine may we be
All through the days of eternity.
4 Jesu, merciful Redeemer,
Rouse dead souls to hear Thy voice;
Wake, O wake each idle dreamer
Now to make the eternal choice.
5 Soon before the Judge all-glorious
We with all the dead shall stand;
Saviour, over death victorious,
Place us then on Thy right hand.
6 Life passeth soon:
Death draweth near:
Keep us, good Lord,
Till Thou appear:
With Thee to live,
With Thee to die,
With Thee to reign through eternity.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Days and moments quickly flying |
Author: | E. Caswall, 1814-1878, and others |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Topic: | Brevity of Life; The Christian Life: Time, Death, Eternity; Death: Rest in(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. SYLVESTER |
Composer: | Dr. J. B. Dykes, 1823-1876 |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7. Stanzas 3 and 6. 4.4.4.4.4.4.9 |
Key: | F Major or modal |