Jesus is the on­ly fount­ain
Of the life that can­not end;
You must per­ish! cease for­ev­er!
If you make not Him your friend.

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Of eter­nal life Christ is the Giv­er,
Sound out these tid­ings
To earth’s far­thest shore;
Length of days for ev­er and ev­er,
Equal to the an­gels, to die no more.

As a fa­ther child­ren pi­ties,
So does God in whom we trust;
For He knows our frame’s frail ten­ure,
And re­mem­bers we are dust.

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Swifter than a weav­er’s shut­tle,
Pass thy days in ra­pid flight;
Hast thou faced the so­lemn quest­ion,
Have I hope be­yond death’s night?

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Soon thy days will all be num­bered,
Haste to seek the life be­yond!
Endless as th’eter­nal ag­es,
To God’s mes­sage now re­spond!

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See the va­por, quick­ly pass­ing,
Or the dew, at ear­ly morn!
These the sym­bols of life’s mea­sure,
Thou was on­ly mor­tal born.

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