Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #476 (1814) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Hymnal Title: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy Lyrics: 1 How swift the torrent rolls
That bears to us to the sea!
The tide that hurries thoughtless souls
To vast eternity!
2 Our fathers, where are they,
With all they call'd their own?
Their joys and griefs, and hopes and cares,
And wealth and honour, gone.
3 There, where the fathers lie,
Must all the children dwell;
Nor other heritage possess,
But such a gloomy cell.
5 God of our fathers! hear,
Thou everlasting friend!
While we, as on life’s utmost verge,
Our souls to thee commend.
6 Of all the pious dead
May we the footsteps trace,
Till with them, in the land of light,
We dwell before thy face. Topics: Death Languages: English
How swift the torrent rolls