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Text:A Few More Years
Author:H. Bonar
Tune:BONAR
Composer:L. Mason

906. A Few More Years

1. A few more years shall roll,
A few more seasons come,
And we shall meet the loved who now
Are sleeping in the tomb:

Chorus:
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 storms shall beat
On this wild, rocky shore,
And we shall be where tempests cease,
And surges swell no more: [Chorus]

3. A few more struggles here,
A few more partings sore,
A few more toils, a few more tears,
And we shall weep no more: [Chorus]

4. 'Tis but a little while,
And He shall come again,
Who died that we might live, who lives
That we may with him reign: [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: A few more years shall roll
Title: A Few More Years
Author: H. Bonar
Refrain First Line: Then, O my Lord, prepare
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: The Home Eternal: Nearing Home
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: BONAR
Composer: L. Mason
Meter: S. M. D.
Key: G Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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