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When on my day of life the night is falling
Author: J. G. Whittier, 1807-1892 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #468a (1917) Topics: Brevity of Life; Life Brevity of Lyrics: 1 When on my day of life the night is falling,
And in the winds from unsunned spaces blown
I hear far voices out of darkness calling
My feet to paths unknown--
2 Thou, who hast made my home of life so pleasant,
Leave not its tenant when its walls decay;
O Love Divine, O Helper ever present,
Be Thou my strength and stay!
3 Be near me when all else is from me drifting
Earth, sky, home's pictures, days of shade and shine,
And kindly faces to my own uplifting
The love which answers mine.
4 I have but Thee, my Father! let Thy Spirit
Be with me then to comfort and uphold;
No gate of pearl, no branch of palm I merit,
Nor street of shining gold.
5 Suffice it if my good and ill unreckoned,
And both forgiven through Thy abounding grace
I find myself by hands familiar beckoned
Unto my fitting place.
6 Some humble door among Thy many mansions,
Some sheltering shade where sin and striving cease,
And flows for ever through heaven's green expansions
The river of Thy peace.
7 There from the music round about me stealing
I fain would learn the new and holy song.
And find at last, beneath Thy trees of healing,
The life for which I long. Languages: English Tune Title: DIADEMA
When on my day of life the night is falling
When on my day of life the night is falling
Author: J. G. Whittier, 1807-1892 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #468b (1917) Topics: Brevity of Life; Life Brevity of Lyrics: 1 When on my day of life the night is falling,
And in the winds from unsunned spaces blown
I hear far voices out of darkness calling
My feet to paths unknown--
2 Thou, who hast made my home of life so pleasant,
Leave not its tenant when its walls decay;
O Love Divine, O Helper ever present,
Be Thou my strength and stay!
3 Be near me when all else is from me drifting
Earth, sky, home's pictures, days of shade and shine,
And kindly faces to my own uplifting
The love which answers mine.
4 I have but Thee, my Father! let Thy Spirit
Be with me then to comfort and uphold;
No gate of pearl, no branch of palm I merit,
Nor street of shining gold.
5 Suffice it if my good and ill unreckoned,
And both forgiven through Thy abounding grace
I find myself by hands familiar beckoned
Unto my fitting place.
6 Some humble door among Thy many mansions,
Some sheltering shade where sin and striving cease,
And flows for ever through heaven's green expansions
The river of Thy peace.
7 There from the music round about me stealing
I fain would learn the new and holy song.
And find at last, beneath Thy trees of healing,
The life for which I long. Languages: English Tune Title: MOUNT ALLISON
When on my day of life the night is falling
Life is the time to serve the Lord
Hymnal: Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #297 (1870) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Brevity of Life; Life Brevity of Lyrics: 1 Life is the time to serve the Lord,
The time t'ensure the great reward;
And while the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may return.
2 Life is the hour that God has given
To ’scape from hell and fly to heaven;
The day of grace, and mortals may
Secure the blessings of the day.
3 Then what my thoughts design to do,
My hands, with all your might pursue,
Since no device, nor work is found,
Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground.
4 There are no acts of pardon past
In the cold grave, to which we haste,
But darkness, death, and long despair
Reign in eternal silence there. Languages: English
Life is the time to serve the Lord
How short and hasty is our life!
Hymnal: Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #287 (1870) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Brevity of Life; Life Brevity of Lyrics: 1 How short and hasty is our life!
How vast our souls' affairs!
Yet senseless mortals vainly strive
To lavish out their years.
2 Our days run thoughtlessly along,
Without a moment's stay;
Just like a story, or a song
We pass our lives away.
3 God from on high invites us home,
But we march heedless on,
And ever hast'ning to the tomb,
Stoop downwards as we run.
4 How we deserve the deepest hell,
That slight the joys above!
What chains of vengeance should we feel,
That break such cords of love!
5 Draw us, O Saviour, with Thy grace,
And lift our thoughts on high,
That we may end this mortal race,
And see salvation nigh. Languages: English
How short and hasty is our life!
And am I only born to die?
Hymnal: Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #296 (1870) Topics: Brevity of Life; Life Brevity of Lyrics: 1 And am I only born to die?
And must I suddenly comply
With nature’s stern decree?
What after death for me remains?
Celestial joys, or hellish pains,
To all eternity.
2 How then ought I on earth to live,
While God prolongs the kind reprieve,
And props the house of clay;
My sole concern, my single care,
To watch, and tremble, and prepare
Against the fatal day!
3 No room for mirth or trifling here,
For worldly hope, or worldly fear,
If life so soon is gone;
If now the judge is at the door,
And all mankind must stand before
The inexorable throne!
4 Nothing is worth a thought beneath,
But how I may escape the death
That never, never dies!
How make mine own election sure;
And when I fail on earth, secure
A mansion in the skies.
5 Jesus, vouchsafe a pitying ray,
Be Thou my guide, be Thou my way
To glorious happiness.
Ah! write the pardon on my heart;
And whensoe’er I hence depart,
Let me depart in peace. Languages: English
And am I only born to die?
Peace, Perfect Peace
Author: Edward H. Bickersteth Hymnal: The Worshiping Church #598 (1990) Meter: 4.6.10 Topics: Brevity of Life; Brevity of Life Lyrics: 1 Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin?
The blood of Jesus gives us peace within.
3 Peace, perfect peace, by troubles thoughts oppressed?
To do the will of Jesus, this is rest.
3 Peace, perfect peace, when loved ones are in need?
In Jesus' keeping we are safe indeed.
4 Peace, perfect peace, the future all unknown?
We know that Jesus reigns upon the throne.
5 Peace, perfect peace, death shadowing us and ours?
Jesus Christ conquered death and all its powers.
6 Jesus is Lord! Earth's struggles soon shall cease,
And we shall come to heaven's perfect peace.
Scripture: Proverbs 27:1 Languages: English Tune Title: PAX TECUM
Peace, Perfect Peace
Hasten, O sinner, to be wise
Hymnal: Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #285 (1870) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Brevity of Life; Life Brevity of Lyrics: 1 Hasten, O sinner, to be wise,
And stay not for the morrow's sun;
The longer wisdom you despise,
The harder is she to be won.
2 Oh, hasten, mercy to implore,
And stay not for the morrow's sun,
For fear thy season should be o'er
Before this evening's course be run.
3 Hasten, O sinner, to return,
And stay not for the morrow's sun,
For fear thy lamp should fail to burn
Before the needful work is done.
4 Hasten, O sinner, to be blest,
And stay not for the morrow's sun,
For fear the curse should thee arrest
Before the morrow is begun. Languages: English
Hasten, O sinner, to be wise
Brief life is here our portion
Author: Dr. J. M. Neale, 1818-1866; Bernard of Cluny (12th century) Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #567 (1917) Topics: Brevity of Life; Life Brevity of Lyrics: 1 Brief life is here our portion;
Brief sorrow, short-lived care;
The life that knows no ending,
The tearless life, is there.
O happy retribution!
Short toil, eternal rest;
For mortals and for sinners
A mansion with the blest!
2 And now we fight the battle,
But then shall wear the crown
Of full and everlasting
And passionless renown;
But He whom now we trust in
Shall then be seen and known;
And they that know and see Him
Shall have Him for their own.
3 The morning shall awaken,
The shadows shall decay,
And each true-hearted servant
Shall shine as doth the day.
There God, our King and portion,
In fulness of His grace,
Shall we behold for ever,
And worship face to face.
4 O sweet and blessed country,
The home of God's elect!
O sweet and blessed country
That eager hearts expect!
Jesus, in mercy bring us
To that dear land of rest;
Who art, with God the Father,
And Spirit, ever blest. Languages: English Tune Title: CHENIES
Brief life is here our portion
Of All the Spirit's Gifts to Me
Author: Fred Pratt Green Hymnal: The Worshiping Church #587 (1990) Topics: Brevity of Life; Brevity of Life First Line: Of all the Spirit's gifts to me, I pray that I may never cease Scripture: Proverbs 27:1 Languages: English
Of All the Spirit's Gifts to Me
The radiant morn hath passed away
Author: Godfrey Thring, 1823-1903 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #229 (1917) Topics: Brevity of Life; Life Brevity of Lyrics: 1 The radiant morn hath passed away,
And spent too soon her golden store;
The shadows of departing day
Creep on once more.
2 Our life is but a fading dawn,
Its glorious noon how quickly past
Lead us, O Christ, when all is gone,
Safe home at last.
3 O by Thy soul-inspiring grace
Uplift our hearts to realms on high
Help us to look to that bright place
Beyond the sky,
4 Where light, and life, and joy, and peace,
In undivided empire reign,
And thronging angels never cease
Their deathless strain
5 Where saints are clothed in spotless white,
And evening shadows never fall;
Where Thou, Eternal Light of Light,
Art Lord of all. Languages: English Tune Title: ST. GABRIEL
The radiant morn hath passed away
While, with ceaseless course, the sun
Author: J. Newton, 1725-1807 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #270 (1917) Topics: Brevity of Life; Life Brevity of Lyrics: 1 While, with ceaseless course, the sun
Hasted through the circling year,
Many souls their race have run,
Never more to meet us here;
Fixed in an eternal state,
They have done with all below;
We a little longer wait,
But how little--none can know.
2 As the winged arrow flies
Speedily the mark to find;
As the lightning from the skies
Darts, and leaves no trace behind;
Swiftly thus our fleeting days
Bear us down life's rapid stream;
Upward, Lord, our spirits raise;
All below is but a dream.
3 Thanks for mercies past receive;
Pardon of our sins renew;
Teach us henceforth how to live
With eternity in view;
Bless Thy word to young and old;
Fill us with a Saviour's love;
And when life's short tale is told,
May we dwell with Him above. Languages: English Tune Title: BENEVENTO
While, with ceaseless course, the sun
Father, again in Jesus' name we meet
Author: Lady L. E. G. Whitmore, 1792-1840 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #533 (1917) Topics: Brevity of Life Lyrics: 1 Father, again in Jesus' name we meet,
And bow in penitence beneath Thy feet;
Again to Thee our contrite voices raise,
To sue for mercy, and to sing Thy praise.
2 O we would bless Thee for Thy ceaseless care,
And all Thy works from day to day declare:
Is not our life with hourly mercies crowned?
Does not Thine arm encircle us around?
3 Alas! unworthy of Thy boundless love,
Too oft with careless feet from Thee we rove;
But now, encouraged by Thy voice, we come,
Returning sinners to a Father's home.
4 O by that Name in whom all fulness dwells,
O by that Love which every love excels,
O by that Blood so freely shed for sin,
Open blest mercy's gate, and take us in. Languages: English Tune Title: PENITENTIA
Father, again in Jesus' name we meet
Days and moments quickly flying
Author: E. Caswall, 1814-1878, and others Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #577 (1917) Topics: Brevity of Life; Life Brevity of Lyrics: 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. Languages: English Tune Title: ST. SYLVESTER
Days and moments quickly flying
The morning flowers display their sweets
Author: S. Wesley, Jr. 1691-1739 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #559 (1917) Topics: Brevity of Life; Life Brevity of Lyrics: 1 The morning flowers display their sweets,
And gay their silken leaves unfold,
As careless of the noontide heats,
As fearless of the evening cold.
2 Nipt by the wind's unkindly blast,
Parched by the sun's directer ray,
The momentary glories waste,
The short-lived beauties die away.
3 So blooms the human face divine,
When youth its pride of beauty shows;
Fairer than spring the colours shine,
And sweeter than the virgin rose.
4 Worn by the slowly rolling years,
Broken by sickness in a day,
The fading glory disappears,
The short-lived beauties die away.
5 Yet these, new rising from the tomb,
With lustre brighter far shall shine;
Revive with ever-during bloom,
Safe from diseases and decline.
6 Let sickness blast, and death devour,
If heaven must recompense our pains;
Perish the grass, and fade the flower,
If firm the word of God remains. Languages: English Tune Title: COBDEN STREET
The morning flowers display their sweets
Then, O my Lord, prepare
Author: Dr. H. Bonar, 1808-1889 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #564a (1917) Topics: Brevity of Life; Life Brevity of First Line: A few more years shall roll Lyrics: 1 A few more years shall roll,
A few more seasons wane,
And we shall be with those that rest
Till Christ shall come again:
Refrain:
Then, O my Lord, prepare
My soul for that great day;
O wash me in Thy precious blood,
And take my sins away.
2 A few more suns shall set
O'er these dark hills of time,
And we shall be where suns are not,
A far serener clime: [Refrain]
3 A few more storms shall beat
On this wild rocky shore,
And we shall be where tempests cease,
And surges swell no more: [Refrain]
4 A few more struggles here,
A few more partings o'er,
A few more toils, a few more tears,
And we shall weep no more: [Refrain]
5 A few more Sabbaths here
Shall cheer us on our way;
And we shall reach the endless rest,
The eternal Sabbath-day. [Refrain]
Languages: English Tune Title: CHALVEY
Then, O my Lord, prepare
Then, O my Lord, prepare
Author: Dr. H. Bonar, 1808-1889 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #564b (1917) Topics: Brevity of Life; Life Brevity of First Line: A few more years shall roll Lyrics: 1 A few more years shall roll,
A few more seasons wane,
And we shall be with those that rest
Till Christ shall come again:
Refrain:
Then, O my Lord, prepare
My soul for that great day;
O wash me in Thy precious blood,
And take my sins away.
2 A few more suns shall set
O'er these dark hills of time,
And we shall be where suns are not,
A far serener clime: [Refrain]
3 A few more storms shall beat
On this wild rocky shore,
And we shall be where tempests cease,
And surges swell no more: [Refrain]
4 A few more struggles here,
A few more partings o'er,
A few more toils, a few more tears,
And we shall weep no more: [Refrain]
5 A few more Sabbaths here
Shall cheer us on our way;
And we shall reach the endless rest,
The eternal Sabbath-day. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: LEOMINSTER
Then, O my Lord, prepare
Brief life is here our portion
Author: Bernard of Cluny; John M. Neale Hymnal: The Hymnal #638a (1921) Meter: 7.6.7.6 Topics: Brevity of Life Languages: English Tune Title: ST. ALPHEGE
Brief life is here our portion
Many and Great, O God, Are Your Works
Author: Joseph R. Renville; Philip Frazier; Stan McKay Hymnal: Voices United #308 (1996) Meter: Irregular Topics: Brevity of Life First Line: Many and great, O God, are your works (Katipeyiciket kisipas) Languages: Cree; English Tune Title: LACQUIPARLE
Many and Great, O God, Are Your Works
Mothering God, You Gave Me Birth
Author: Jean Wiebe Janzen; Julian (Juliana) of Norwich Hymnal: Voices United #320 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Brevity of Life Tune Title: HESPERUS (QUEBEC)
Mothering God, You Gave Me Birth
Life passeth soon
Author: Rev. Edward Caswall (1814-1878) Hymnal: Many Voices; or, Carmina Sanctorum, Evangelistic Edition with Tunes #532 (1891) Topics: Life Brevity of First Line: Days and moments quickly flying Refrain First Line: Life passeth soon, death draweth near Scripture: Job 7:1 Languages: English Tune Title: ST. SYLVESTER
Life passeth soon
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