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The Wisdom of Redeeming Time

Author: Dr. Doddridge Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #DXLIV (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Time and Eternity First Line: God of eternity, from thee Lyrics: 1 God of eternity, from thee Did infant-time his being draw; Moments and days, and months and years, Revolve by thy unvaried law. 2 Silent and slow they glide away; Steady and strong the current flows, Lost in eternity’s wide sea, The boundless gulf, from whence it rose. 3 With it the thoughtless sons of men Before the rapids streams are borne, On to that 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 they go. 5 Great source of wisdom, teach my heart To know the price of every hour; That time may bear me on to joys Beyond its measure and its power. Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-16 Languages: English

Time and Eternity; or, longing after unseen Pleasures

Author: Steele Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #DXLVI (1792) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Time and Eternity; Time and Eternity First Line: How long shall earth's alluring toys Lyrics: 1 How long shall earth's alluring toys Detain our hearts and eyes, Regardless of immortal joys, And strangers to the skies? 2 These transient scenes will soon decay, They fade upon the sight; And quickly will their brightest day Be lost in endless night. 3 Their brightest day, alas, how vain! With conscious sighs we own; While clouds of sorrow, care and pain O'ershade the smiling noon. 4 O could our thoughts and wishes fly, Above these gloomy shades, To those bright worlds beyond the sky Which sorrow ne'er invades. 5 There joys unseen by mortal eyes, Or reason's feeble ray, In ever blooming prospects rise, Unconscious of decay. 6 Lord, send a beam of light divine, To guide our upward aim! With one reviving touch of thine, Our languid hearts inflame. 7 Then shall, on faith's sublimest wing Our ardent wishes rise To those bright scenes, where pleasures spring Immortal in the skies. Languages: English

God of eternity! from thee

Author: Doddridge Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #912 (1873) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Time and Eternity Lyrics: 1 God of eternity! from thee Did infant time its being draw; Moments and days, and months and years, Revolve by thine unvaried law. 2 Silent and swift they glide away; Steady and strong the current flows, Lost in eternity's wide sea, The boundless gulf from whence it rose. 3 With it the thoughtless sons of men Before the rapid stream are borne On to their everlasting home, Whence not one soul can e'er return. 4 Great Source of wisdom! teach our hearts To know the price of every hour, That time may bear us on to joys Beyond its measure and its power.

Time and Eternity

Author: Steele Hymnal: A Collection of Evangelical Hymns #CXCI (1793) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Time and Eternity First Line: How long shall earth's alluring toys Lyrics: 1 How long shall earth's alluring toys Detain our hearts and eyes, Regardless of immortal joys, And strangers to the skies? 2 These transient scenes will soon decay, They fade upon the sight; And quickly will their brightest day Be lost in endless night. 3 Their brightest day, alas! how vain! With conscious sighs we own; While clouds of sorrow, care, and pain, O'er shade the smiling noon. 4 O could our thoughts and wishes fly Above these gloomy shades, To those bright worlds beyond the sky, Which sorrow ne'er invades. 5 There joys unseen by mortal eyes, Or reason's feeble ray, In ever blooming prospects rise, Unconscious of decay. 6 Lord, send a beam of light divine, To guide our upward aim! With one reviving touch of thine Our languid hearts inflame. 7 Then shall, on faith's sublimest wing, Our ardent wishes rise To those bright scenes, where pleasures spring Immortal in the skies. Languages: English

A prayer for seriousness, in prospect of eternity

Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #DXLIX (1792) Topics: Time and Eternity; Eternity Time and eternity First Line: Thou God of glorious majesty! Lyrics: 1 Thou God of glorious majesty! To thee, against myself, to thee, A sinful worm, I cry: An half-awaken'd child of man, An heir of endless bliss or pain, A sinner born to die. 2 Lo! on a narrow neck of land, ’Twixt two unbounded seas I stand, Yet how insensible! A point of time a moment’s space, Removes me to yon' heavenly place, Or— shuts me up in hell. 3 O God, my inmost soul convert, And deeply on my thoughtful heart Eternal things impress; Give me to feel their solemn weight, And save me ere it be too late, Wake me to righteousness. 4 Before me place, in dread array, The pomp of that tremendous day, When thou with clouds shalt come To judge the nations at thy bar; And tell me, Lord, shall I be there To meet a joyful doom! 5 Be this my one great bus'ness here, With holy trembling, holy fear To make my calling sure! Thine utmost council to fulfil, And suffer all thy righteous will, And to the end endure! 6 Then, Savior, then my soul receive, Transported from this vale, to live And reign with thee above; Where faith is sweetly lost in sight, And hope in full supreme delight And everlasting love. Languages: English

Eternity joyful and tremendous

Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #DXLVIII (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Time and Eternity First Line: Eternity is just at hand Lyrics: 1 Eternity is just at hand; And shall I waste my ebbing sand, And careless view departing day, And throw my inch of time away? 2 Eternity, tremendous sound! To guilty souls a dreadful wound; But O! if Christ and Heaven be mine, How sweet the accents! how divine! 3 Be this my chief, my only care, My high pursuit, my ardent prayer, An interest in the Savior's blood, My pardon seal'd and peace with God. 4 But should my brightest hopes be vain, The rising doubt how sharp its pain! My fears, O gracious God, remove, Confirm my title to thy love. 5 Search, Lord, O search my inmost heart, And light, and hope, and joy impart; From guilt and error set me free, And guide me safe to heaven and thee. Languages: English

Eternity, joyful and treemndous

Hymnal: A Collection of Evangelical Hymns #CXCII (1793) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Time and Eternity First Line: Eternity is just at hand Lyrics: 1 Eternity is just at hand; And shall I waste my ebbing sand, And careless view departing day, And throw my inch of time away? 2 Eternity, tremendous sound! To guilty souls a dreadful wound; But O! if Christ and heaven be mine, How sweet the accents! how divine! 3 Be this my chief, my only care, My high pursuit, my ardent prayer, An interest in the Savioru's blood, My pardon seal'd and peace with God. 4 But should my brightest hopes be vain, The rising doubt, how sharp its pain! My fears, O gracious God, remove, Confirm my title to thy love. 5 Search, Lord, O search my inmost heart, And light, and hope, and joy impart, From guilt and error set me free, And guide me safe to heaven and thee. Languages: English

Ten thousand times ten thousand

Author: Henry Alford Hymnal: The Evangelical Hymnal #520 (1921) Topics: Time and Eternity Heaven and Eternal Life Tune Title: ALFORD

How long, sometimes, a day appears!

Author: Taylor Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #905 (1873) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Time and Eternity; Time and Eternity Compared Lyrics: 1 How long, sometimes, a day appears! And weeks, how long are they! Months move on slow, as if the years Would never pass away. 2 But even years are passing by, And soon must all be gone; For day by day, as minutes fly, Eternity comes on. 3 Days, months, and years must have an end: Eternity has none; 'Twill always have as long to spend As when it first begun. 4 Great God! a creature cannot tell How such a thing can be; I only pray that I may dwell That long, long time with thee.

Eternal source of every joy

Author: Philip Doddridge Hymnal: The Evangelical Hymnal #500 (1921) Topics: Time and Eternity Seed Time and harvest Tune Title: FEDERAL STREET

Home of Rest

Hymnal: Fair as the Morning. Hymns and Tunes for Praise in the Sunday-School #38 (1891) Topics: Time and Eternity First Line: Faintly flow, thou falling river Lyrics: 1 Faintly flow, thou falling river, Like a dream that dies away; Down to ocean gliding ever, Keep thy calm unruffled way; Time, with such a silent motion, Floats along on wings of air To eternity’s dark ocean, Bringing all its treasures there. 2 Roses bloom and then they wither, Cheeks are bright then fades their glow; Shapes of light are wafted hither Then like visions, too, they go; Quick as clouds at evening driven O’er the many colored west, Time is bearing us to heaven, Home of happiness and rest. 3 Life is one pure, shining river Flowing to the crystal sea; We are sailing on it ever To the vast eternity: Swiftly on to home and heaven, With the rushing, heaving tide, Soon we’ll anchor and be given Mansions where the saved abide. Languages: English Tune Title: [Faintly flow, thou falling river]

The Saints happy in being entirely at the Disposal of his God—My Times are in thy Hand

Author: Ryland, junior Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #DXLV (1792) Topics: Time and Eternity First Line: Sovereign ruler of the skies Lyrics: 1 Sovereign ruler of the skies, Ever gracious ever wise! All my times are in thy hand, All events at thy command. 2 His decree, that form'd the earth, Fix'd my first and second birth; Parents, native-place, and time, All appointed were by him. 3 He that form'd me in the womb, He shall guide me to the tomb: All my times shall ever be Order'd by his wise decree. 4 Times of sickness, times of health; Times of penury and wealth: Times of trial and of grief; Times of triumph and relief. 5 Times the tempter's power to prove; Times to taste a Savior's love: All must come and last and end, As shall please my heavenly friend. 6 Plagues and deaths around me fly; Till he bids, I cannot die: Not a single shaft can hit, Till the God of love sees fit. 7 O thou gracious, wise and just, In thy hands my life I trust; Have I somewhat dearer still? I resign it to thy will. 8 May I always own thy hand— Still to thee surrender stand: Know that thou art God alone, I and mine are all thy own. 9 Thee at all times will I bless; Having thee, I all possess: How can I bereaved be, Since I cannot part with thee. Scripture: Psalm 31:15 Languages: English

At Every Motion of Our Breath

Author: James Montgomery (1771-1854) Hymnal: The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #567 (1972) Topics: Warning Message Time and Eternity First Line: At ev'ry motion of our breath Lyrics: 1 At ev'ry motion of our breath, Life trembles on the brink of death; A taper's flame that upward turns, While downward to the dust it burns. 2 Moment by moment years are past, And one ere long will be our last, There is a point no eyes can see, Yet on it hangs eternity. 3 This is that moment—who shall tell Whether it leads to heav'n or hell? This is that moment—as we choose, Th'immortal soul we save or lose. 4 Time past and time to come are not— Time present is our only lot; O God! henceforth our hearts incline To seek no other love than thine. Scripture: Revelation 10:6 Languages: English Tune Title: WINDHAM

Eternity! eternity! How long art thou, eternity!

Author: Coxe Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #914 (1873) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Time and Eternity Lyrics: 1 Eternity! eternity! How long art thou, eternity! Yet onward still to thee we speed, As to the fight th' impatient steed. 2 As ship to port, or shaft from bow, Or swift as couriers homeward go; Mark well, O man, eternity! Eternity! eternity! 3 Eternity! eternity! How long art thou, eternity! As in a ball's concentric round No starting-point nor end is found; 4 So thou, eternity, so vast, No entrance and no exit hast; Mark well, O man, eternity! Eternity! eternity!

O God! our help in ages past

Author: Watts Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #902 (1873) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Time and Eternity Lyrics: 1 O God! our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home! 2 Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 3 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone-- Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 4 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. 5 O God! our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Be thou our guide while troubles last, And our eternal home. Scripture: Job 20:8

Swift as the arrow cuts its way

Author: Clark Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #906 (1873) Topics: Time and Eternity Lyrics: 1 Swift as the arrow cuts its way Through the soft yielding air, Or as the sun's more subtle ray, Or lightning's sudden glare: Or as an eagle to the prey, Or shuttle through the loom, So haste our fleeting lives away, So pass we to the tomb. 2 Like airy bubbles, lo! we rise, And dance upon life's stream; Till soon the air that caused, destroys Th' attenuated frame. Down the swift stream we glide apace, And carry death within; Then break, and scarcely leave a trace To show that we have been. 3 The man, the wisest of our kind, Who length of days had seen, To birth and death a time assigned, But none to life between; Yet, oh, what consequences close This transient state below! Eternal joys, or, losing those, Interminable woe!

The time draws nigh when from the clouds

Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #492 (1861) Topics: Time and Eternity Death and Resurrection Languages: English

Thee We Adore, Eternal Name

Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Hymnal: The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #566 (1972) Topics: Warning Message Time and Eternity Lyrics: 1 Thee, we adore, eternal name, And humbly own to Thee, How feeble is our mortal frame, What dying worms are we! 2 Our wasting lives grow shorter still, As months and days increase, And ev'ry beating pulse we tell, Leaves but the number less. 3 Dangers stand thick through all the ground, To push us to the tomb; And fierce diseases wait around, To hurry mortals home. 4 Infinite joy, or wretched woe, Attends on ev'ry breath; And yet how unconcerned we go, Upon the brink of death! 5 Waken, O Lord, our drowsy sense, To walk this dang'rous road; And if our souls are hurried hence, May they be found with God. Scripture: 1 Peter 1:24 Languages: English Tune Title: LIBERTY HALL

The Shortness of Time and Frailty of Man

Author: Steele Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #DXLIII (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Time and Eternity First Line: Almighty maker of my frame Lyrics: 1 Almighty maker of my frame, Teach me the measure of my days! Teach me to know how frail I am, And spend the remnant to thy praise. 2 My days are shorter than a span, A little point my life appears; How frail at best is dying man! How vain are all his hopes and fears. 3 Vain his ambition, noise, and show! Vain are the cares which rack his mind! He heaps up treasures mix'd with woe; And dies and leaves them all behind. 4 O be a nobler portion mine; My God, I bow before thy throne, Earth's fleeting treasures I resign, And fix my hope on thee alone. Scripture: Psalm 39 Languages: English