510 "We spend our years as a tale that is told." I mf A FEW more years shall roll, dim And we shall be with those that rest, My soul for that great day; dim Oh! wash me in Thy precious blood, And take my sins away. 2 mf A few more suns shall set O'er these dark hills of time, And we shall be where suns are not A far serener clime : cres Then, O my Lord, prepare My soul for that blest day; dim Oh! wash me in Thy precious blood, And take my sins away. 3 mf A few more storms shall beat On this wild rocky shore, And we shall be where tempests cease cres Then, O my Lord, prepare dim Oh! wash me in Thy precious blood, And take my sins away. ST. ANN. 4 p A few more struggles here, A few more partings o'er, A few more toils, a few more tears, My soul for that bright day; dim Oh! wash me in Thy precious blood, And take my sins away. 5 mf A few more Sabbaths here Shall cheer us on our way, And we shall reach the endless rest, Then, O my Lord, prepare dim Oh! wash me in Thy precious blood, And take my sins away. 6 'Tis but a little while And He shall come again, cres Who died that we might live, who lives That we with Him may reign: cres Then, O my Lord, prepare My soul for that glad day; dim Oh! wash me in Thy precious blood, And take my sins away. Ainen. 512 "So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” 1 mf DAYS and moments quickly flying Blend the living with the dead; Soon will you and I be lying Each within his narrow bed. 2 Soon our souls to God who gave them Will have sped their rapid flight : cres Able now by grace to save them, Oh, that, while we can, we might ! 3 mf Jesus, infinite Redeemer, Maker of this mighty frame, dim Teach, oh, teach us to remember What we are and whence we came ; 4 Whence we came, and whither wending: Soon we must through darkness go, To inherit bliss unending cres Oh! by Thy power grant, Lord, that Or eternity of woe. d |