1 Jesus is the only fountain
Of the life that cannot end;
You must perish! cease forever!
If you make not Him your friend.

Refrain:
Of eternal life Christ is the giver,
Sound out these tidings
To earth’s farthest shore;
Length of days for ever and ever,
Equal to the angels, to die no more.

2 As a father children pities,
So does God in whom we trust;
For He knows our frame’s frail tenure,
And remembers we are dust. [Refrain]

3 Swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
Pass thy days in rapid flight;
Hast thou faced the solemn question,
Have I hope beyond death’s night? [Refrain]

4 Soon thy days will all be numbered,
Haste to seek the life beyond!
Endless as th’eternal ages,
To God’s message now respond! [Refrain]

5 See the vapor, quickly passing,
Or the dew, at early morn!
These the symbols of life’s measure,
Thou was only mortal born. [Refrain]