The stream of life is going dry

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The stream of life is going dry

Author: Alice Cary
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 The stream of life is going dry;
Thank God, that more and more
I see the golden sands, which I
Could never see before.

2 The banks are dark with graves of friends;
Thank God, for faith sublime
In the eternity that send
Its shadows into time.

3 The flowers are gone that with their glow
Of sunshine filled the grass;
Thank God, they were but dim and low
Reflections in a glass.

4 The autumn winds are blowing chill;
The summer warmth is done;
Thank God, the little dew-drop still
Is drawn into the sun.

5 Strange stream, to be exhaled so fast
In cloudy cares and tears;
Thank God, that it should shine at last,
Along the immortal years.

Source: The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #913

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Author: Alice Cary

Alice Cary (1820-1871) was born and raised in Mount Healthy in Hamilton County, Ohio. Her family had come from Lyme, New Hampshire when her grandfather was given land in return for his service in the Continental Army. She had been nationally recognized as an interpreter of pioneer traditions. Her short story collections depict Mount Healthy as it was transformed from an isolated rural village to a Cincinnati suburb. She and her sister Phoebe wrote for local religious periodicals before Alice moved to New York City. John Greenleaf Whitier praised Alice's stories as "simple, natural, truthful [with] a keen sense of humor and pathos of the comedy and tragedy of life in the country." Her hymn "Along the mountain track of life" was published i… Go to person page >

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