Please give today to support Hymnary.org during one of only two fund drives we run each year. Each month, Hymnary serves more than 1 million users from around the globe, thanks to the generous support of people like you, and we are so grateful.
Tax-deductible donations can be made securely online using this link.
Alternatively, you may write a check to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
| Text: | A child, a youth, a man |
| Author: | James Montgomery |
A child, a youth, a man,
The whole of life below!
Our time a breath, our course a span;
Whence come we? whither go?
Whence come we?--From the womb
Of dark eternity;
And thither go we, through the tomb,--
Behold a mystery!
217
For though with worms and dust
His mortal relics lie,
Death may not hold or harm the just;
The spirit cannot die.
On angels' wings afar,
'Tis, by a path unknown,
Beyond the range of sun or star,
Caught up before the throne:--
At rest in Paradise,
With Him in bliss to live,
Who bought it with so great a price,
Heaven could no higher give:--
Till at the trumpet's sound,
When soul and body meet,
They twain are one again, and found
In Christ, a saint complete.
By His good Spirit taught,
While train'd on earth, may we
Be thus by grace to glory brought,
And immortality.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | A child, a youth, a man |
| Title: | A child, a youth, a man |
| Author: | James Montgomery |
| Meter: | 6.6.8.6 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1854 |
| Topic: | Time, life, and man |
My Starred Hymns
My FlexScores
My Hymnals
My Purchased Files