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Then, O my Lord, prepare
Author: Dr. H. Bonar, 1808-1889 Appears in 382 hymnals 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]
Used With Tune: CHALVEY
Then, O my Lord, prepare
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Author: Joseph M. Scriven Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,694 hymnals Topics: Brevity & Frailty of Life; Brevity & Frailty of Life Lyrics: 1 What a friend we have in Jesus,
all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
everything to God in prayer!
Oh, what peace we often forfeit,
oh, what needless pain we bear,
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer.
2 Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged;
take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful,
who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness;
take it to the Lord in prayer.
3 Are we weak and heavy laden,
cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge!
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Do your friends despise, forsake you?
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In his arms he'll take and shield you;
you will find a solace there.
Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30 Used With Tune: BEACH SPRING
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Softly now the light of day
Author: Bishop George Washington Doane, 1799-1859 Appears in 876 hymnals Topics: Life Brevity of Used With Tune: SEYMOUR
Softly now the light of day
Brief life is here our portion
Author: Dr. J. M. Neale, 1818-1866; Bernard of Cluny (12th century) Appears in 245 hymnals 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. Used With Tune: CHENIES
Brief life is here our portion
Peace, Perfect Peace
Author: Edward H. Bickersteth Meter: 4.6.10 Appears in 391 hymnals 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 Used With Tune: PAX TECUM Text Sources: Hymns for Today's Church, 1982, rev.
Peace, Perfect Peace
Work for the Night Is Coming
Author: Anna Louisa Coghil (1836-1907) Meter: 7.6.7.5 D Appears in 1,169 hymnals Topics: Warning Message Brevity of Life First Line: Work, for the night is coming! Scripture: John 9:4 Used With Tune: WORK FOR THE NIGHT IS COMING
Work for the Night Is Coming
The Lord Our Dwelling-Place
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Life Brevity and Uncertainty of First Line: Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling-place Lyrics: 1 Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place
Through all the ages of our race;
Before the mountains had their birth,
Or ever Thou hadst formed the earth,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To everlasting our abode.
2 At Thy command man fades and dies
And new-born generations rise;
A thousand years are passed away,
And all to Thee are but a day;
Yea, like the watches of the night,
With Thee the ages wing their flight.
3 Man soon yields up his fleeting breath
Before this swelling tide of death;
Like transient sleep his seasons pass,
His life is like the tender grass,
Luxuriant 'neath the morning sun,
And withered ere the day is done.
4 Man in Thy anger is consumed,
and unto grief and sorrow doomed;
Before Thy clear and searching sight
Our secret sins are brought to light;
Beneath Thy wrath we pine and die,
Our life expiring like a sigh.
5 For threescore years and ten we wait,
Or fourscore years if strength be great;
But grief and toil attend life's day,
And soon our spirits fly away;
O who with true and rev'rent though
Can fear Thy anger as he ought?
Scripture: Psalm 90 Used With Tune: ST. CATHERINE
The Lord Our Dwelling-Place
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
Author: Walter Chambers Smith Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 211 hymnals Topics: Brevity & Frailty of Life; Brevity & Frailty of Life Lyrics: 1 Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
in light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
almighty, victorious, your great name we praise.
2 Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
nor wanting nor wasting, you rule day and night;
your justice like mountains high soaring above,
your clouds which are fountains of goodness and love.
3 Life-giving Creator of both great and small,
of all life the maker, the true life of all;
we blossom, then wither like leaves on the tree,
but you are forever, who was and will be.
4 We worship before you, great Father of light,
while angels adore you, all veiling their sight;
our praises we render, O Father, to you,
whom only the splendor of light hides from view.
Scripture: Psalm 65 Used With Tune: ST. DENIO
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
O where shall rest be found
Author: James Montgomery Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 646 hymnals Topics: Brevity of Life Used With Tune: DENNIS
O where shall rest be found
For, oh, we stand on Jordan's strand
Author: David Nelson Appears in 596 hymnals Topics: The Last Things Brevity of Life First Line: My days are gliding swiftly by Used With Tune: SHINING SHORE
For, oh, we stand on Jordan's strand
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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