The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#932

932. Like shadows gliding o'er the plain

1 Like shadows gliding o'er the plain,
Or clouds that roll successive on,
Man's busy generations pass,
And while we gaze, their forms are gone.

2 We live, we die: behold the sum
Of good or ill on life's fair page;
Alike in God's all-seeing eye,
The infant's day, the patriarch's age.

3 O Father, in whose mighty hand
The boundless years and ages lie,
Teach us thy boon of life to prize,
And use the moments as they fly.

Text Information

• First Line: Like shadows gliding o'er the plain
• Author: Jane Taylor
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Death and Resurrection
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: FEDERAL STREET
• Composer: Henry Kemble Oliver
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: F Major or modal
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #914 or 926.