Let us with all our might pursue; The Wisdom of redeeming Time. 1. God of eternity! from thee Did infant time his being draw: Moments and days, and months and Revolve by thine unvaried law.[years 2. Silent and swift they glide away: Steady and strong the current flows, Lost in eternity's wide sea, Th' boundless gulf from which it rose. Before the rapid stream are borne On to their everlasting home, Whence not one soul can e'er return. 4. Yet while the shore on either side Presents a gaudy, flattering show, We gaze, in fond amusement lost, Nor think to what a world we go. Great Source of wisdom! teach our 5. hearts To know the price of every hour, That time may bear us on to joys Beyond its measure and its power. 3. Thy grace still dwells upon my heart, 12. Not all the good which earth bestows And sheds its fragrance there; The noblest balm of all its wounds, 4. I'll speak the honors of thy name God our Portion. [arms, 1. In vain the erring world inquires Can fill the craving mind; Its highest joys have mingled woes, 3. Begone, ye gilded vanities, To real bliss my wishes rise- 4. To thee, my God, my soul aspires; |