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How short and hasty is our life!
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 122 hymnals 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.
How short and hasty is our life!
Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken
Author: Henry F. Lyte Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,304 hymnals Topics: Life Brevity of Lyrics: 1 Jesus, I my cross have taken,
all to leave and follow thee;
destitute, despised, forsaken,
thou from hence my all shalt be.
Perish ev'ry fond ambition,
all I've sought or hoped or known;
yet how rich is my condition,
God and heav'n are still my own.
2 Let the world despise and leave me,
they have left my Savior too;
human hearts and looks deceive me;
thou art not, like man, untrue;
and, while thou shalt smile upon me,
God of wisdom, love, and might,
foes may hate and friends may shun me;
show thy face, and all is bright.
3 Man may trouble and distress me,
'twill but drive me to thy breast;
life with trials hard may press me,
heav'n will bring me sweeter rest.
O 'tis not in grief to harm me
while thy love is left to me;
O 'twere not in joy to charm me,
were that joy unmixed with thee.
4 Take, my soul, thy full salvation,
rise o'er sin and fear and care;
joy to find in ev'ry station
something still to do or bear;
think what Spirit dwells within thee,
what a Father's smile is thine,
what a Savior died to win thee:
child of heav'n, shouldst thou repine?
5 Hasten on from grace to glory,
armed by faith and winged by prayer;
heav'n's eternal day's before thee,
God's own hand shall guide thee there.
Soon shall close thy earthly mission,
swift shall pass thy pilgrim days;
hope soon change to glad fruition,
faith to sight, and prayer to praise. Scripture: Matthew 16:24 Used With Tune: ELLESDIE
Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken
Abide with Me
Author: Henry Francis Lyte Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 1,675 hymnals Topics: Brevity & Frailty of Life; Brevity & Frailty of Life First Line: Abide with me: fast falls the eventide Lyrics: 1 Abide with me: fast falls the eventide;
the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide.
When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
2 Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;
earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away.
Change and decay in all around I see.
O Lord who changes not, abide with me.
3 I need your presence every passing hour.
What but your grace can foil the tempter's power?
Who like yourself my guide and strength can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me.
4 I fear no foe with you at hand to bless,
though ills have weight, and tears their bitterness.
Where is death's sting? Where, grave, your victory?
I triumph still, if you abide with me.
5 Hold now your Word before my closing eyes.
Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies.
Heaven's morning breaks and earth's vain shadows flee;
in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.
Scripture: Psalm 102:26-27 Used With Tune: EVENTIDE
Abide with Me
It Is Good to Sing Your Praises
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 27 hymnals Topics: Brevity & Frailty of Life; Brevity & Frailty of Life Lyrics:
1 It is good to sing your praises
and to thank you, O Most High,
showing forth your loving-kindness
when the morning lights the sky.
It is good when night is falling
of your faithfulness to tell,
while with sweet, melodious praises
songs of adoration swell.
2 You have filled my heart with gladness
through the works your hands have wrought;
you have made my life victorious;
great your works and deep your thought.
You, O LORD, on high exalted,
reign forevermore in might;
all your enemies shall perish,
sin be banished from your sight.
3 But the good shall live before you,
planted in your dwelling place,
fruitful trees and ever verdant,
nourished by your boundless grace.
In his goodness to the righteous
God his righteousness displays;
God, my rock, my strength and refuge,
just and true are all your ways.
Scripture: Psalm 92 Used With Tune: ELLESDIE
It Is Good to Sing Your Praises
Many and Great, O God, Are Your Works
Author: Joseph R. Renville; Philip Frazier; Stan McKay Meter: Irregular Appears in 46 hymnals Topics: Brevity of Life First Line: Many and great, O God, are your works (Katipeyiciket kisipas) Used With Tune: LACQUIPARLE Text Sources: Dakota hymn
Many and Great, O God, Are Your Works
Savior, Breathe an Evening Blessing
Author: James Edmeston Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 848 hymnals Topics: Life Brevity of Lyrics: 1 Savior, breath an evening blessing,
ere repose our spirits seal;
sin and want we come confessing:
thou can'st save, and thou canst heal.
2 Though destruction walk around us,
though the arrow past us fly,
angel guards from thee surround us;
we are safe if thou art nigh.
3 Though the night be dark and dreary,
darkness cannot hide from thee;
thou art he who, never weary,
watchest where thy people be.
4 Should swift death this night o'ertake us,
and our couch become our tomb,
may the morn in heav'n awake us,
clad in light and deathless bloom.
Scripture: Psalm 91:5 Used With Tune: EVENING PRAYER
Savior, Breathe an Evening Blessing
O thou my soul, bless God the Lord
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 100 hymnals Topics: Life Brevity of Scripture: Psalm 103:1-5 Used With Tune: ST. PAUL Text Sources: Scottish Psalter, 1650
O thou my soul, bless God the Lord
Days and moments quickly flying
Author: Edward Caswall Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 88 hymnals Topics: Brevity of Life Used With Tune: ST. SYLVESTER Text Sources: "Church Hymns," 1871 (recast in)
Days and moments quickly flying
While with ceaseless course the sun
Author: John Newton Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 589 hymnals Topics: Brevity of Life Used With Tune: BENEVENTO
While with ceaseless course the sun
Time is earnest, passing by
Appears in 44 hymnals Topics: Life Brevity, Uncertainty and Solemnity of Lyrics: 1 Time is earnest, passing by;
Death is earnest, drawing nigh:
Sinner, wilt thou trifling be?
Time and death appeal to Thee.
2 Life is earnest; when 'tis o'er,
Thou returnest never more.
Soon to meet eternity,
Wilt Thou never serious be?
3 God is earnest: kneel and pray,
Ere thy season pass away;
Ere He set His judgment throne;
Ere the day of grace is gone.
4 Christ is earnest, bids thee come;
Paid thy spirit's priceless sum;
Wilt thou spurn thy Saviour's love,
Pleading with thee from above?
5 O be earnest, do not stay;
Thou mayest perish e'en to-day.
Rise, thou lost one, rise and flee;
Lo! thy Saviour waits for thee. Used With Tune: VIENNA
Time is earnest, passing by
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