1 Behold, O LORD, my days are made
a handbreadth at the most;
ere yet 'tis noon my flow'r must fade,
and I give up the ghost.
2 Then teach me, Lord, to know mine end,
and know that I am frail;
to heav'n let all my thoughts ascend,
and let not earth prevail.
3 What is there here that I should wait,
my hope's in Thee alone;
when wilt Thou open glory's gate
and call me to Thy throne?
4 A stranger in this land am I,
a sojourner with Thee;
oh be not silent at my cry,
but show Thyself to me.
5 Though I'm exiled from glory's land,
yet not from glory's King;
my GOD is ever near at hand,
and therefore I will sing.
Source: Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #39B
Spurgeon, Charles Haddon, the world-famous preacher, was born June 19, 1834, at Kelvedon, in Essex, where his father was Congregational minister. He was educated at Colchester, and at an Agricultural College at Maidstone, after which he was for a few years usher in schools at Newmarket and Cambridge. In 1851 he became minister of a small Baptist church at Waterbeach, near Cambridge, and soon attained great popularity. In 1854 he removed to New Park Street, London, the place where Drs. Gill and Rippon had formerly ministered, and ere long the thronging of people to hear him led, first, to the temporary occupation of Exeter Hall, and of the Surrey Music Hall, and then to the erection of the great Metropolitan Tabernacle, where he still minist… Go to person page >
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