The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16635

16635. How Sweet Is Life

1 How sweet is life, yet soon ’tis past,
And all its plea­sures gone;
The spir­it to its God must haste;
The bo­dy to the tomb.

2 O, sol­emn thought, I too must die,
And to the tomb des­cend;
This cher­ished bo­dy, too, must lie—
Lo! with the dust to blend.

3 And can it be that I must stand
Before the bar of God?
And there my trem­bling soul de­fend,
Against His right­eous word?

4 O pre­cious Christ, to Thee I cling,
Upon Thy blood re­ly;
To Thee my soul at once I bring;
And at Thy feet I lie.

5 Saved by Thy grace, I shall be Thine,
And with Thee ev­er live;
And Heav­en’s beau­ties shall be mine
While praise to Thee I’ll give.

Text Information

• First Line: How sweet is life, yet soon ’tis past
• Title: How Sweet Is Life
• Author: E. H. Caylor
• Language: English
• Source: The Brilliant, by William T. Giffe (Indianapolis: H. L. Benham & H. S. Stedman1874)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: JONESBORO
• Composer: William Thomas Giffe (1874)
• Meter: CM
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: Public Domain