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7726 | The Cyber Hymnal#7727 | 7728 |
Text: | While with Ceaseless Course the Sun |
Author: | John Newton |
Tune: | BENEVENTO |
Composer: | Samuel Webbe, Sr. |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. While with ceaseless course the sun
Hasted through the former year,
Many souls their race have run,
Never more to meet us here;
Fixed in an eternal fate,
They have done with all below;
We a little longer wait,
But how little—none can know.
2. As the wingèd arrow flies
Speedily the mark to find;
As the lightning from the skies
Darts, and leaves no trace behind;
Swiftly thus our fleeting days
Bear us down life’s rapid stream;
Upwards, Lord, our spirits raise,
All below is but a dream.
3. Thanks for mercies past receive,
Pardon of our sins renew;
Teach us, henceforth, how to live
With eternity in view:
Bless Thy Word to young and old,
Fill us with a Savior’s love;
And when life’s short tale is told,
May we dwell with Thee above.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | While with ceaseless course the sun |
Title: | While with Ceaseless Course the Sun |
Author: | John Newton (1779) |
Meter: | 77.77 D |
Language: | English |
Source: | Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779), page 182 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BENEVENTO |
Composer: | Samuel Webbe, Sr. (1792, arr.) |
Meter: | 77.77 D |
Incipit: | 11113 21222 24323 |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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Adobe Acrobat image: | ![]() (Cyber Hymnal) |
MIDI file: | ![]() (Cyber Hymnal) |
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