Along the River of Time

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Along the river of time we glide

Author: George F. Root
Tune: [Along the river of time we glide]
Published in 20 hymnals

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1 Along the River of Time we glide,
Along the river, along the river,
The swiftly flowing resistless tide,
The swiftly flowing, the swiftly flowing,
And soon, ah, soon the end we'll see:
Yes, soon 'twill come, and we will be
Floating, floating
Out on the sea of eternity!
Floating, floating,
Out on the sea of eternity!

2 Along the River of Time we glide,
Along the river, along the river;
A thousand dangers its currents hide,
A thousand dangers, a thousand dangers,
And near our course the rocks we see:
O dreadful thought! a wreck to be,
Floating, floating
Out on the sea of eternity!
Floating, floating,
Out on the sea of eternity!

3 Along the River of Time we glide,
Along the river, along the river;
Our Saviour only our bark can guide,
Our Saviour only, our Saviour only,
But with him we secure may be:
No fear, no doubt, but joy to be
Floating, floating
Out on the sea of eternity!
Floating, floating,
Out on the sea of eternity!

Source: Living Hymns: for use in the Sabbath School, Christian Endeavor Meetings, the church & home #120

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Author: George F. Root

Root, George F., MUS. DOC, born in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass., Aug. 30, 1820. He is much more widely known as a composer of popular music than as a hymn writer. Four of his hymns are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878. Nos. 16, 100, 293, and 297. A sympathetic biographical sketch, with portrait, is in The Tonic Sol-Fa Reporter, Sep. 1886. He died Aug. 6, 1895. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Along the river of time we glide
Title:	Along the River of Time
Author:	George F. Root
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Floating, floating, out on the sea of eternity
Copyright:	Public Domain