Let thought­less thou­sands choose the road
That leads the soul away from God;
This hap­pi­ness, dear Lord, be mine,
To live and die en­tire­ly Thine.

On Christ, by faith, I fain would live,
From Him my life, my all, re­ceive,
To Him de­vote my fleet­ing hours,
Serve Him alone with all my powers.

Christ is my ev­er­last­ing All;
To Him I look, on Him I call;
He will my ev­ery want sup­ply
In time and through eter­ni­ty.

Soon will the Lord, my Life, ap­pear;
Soon shall I end my tri­als here,
Leave sin and sor­row, death and pain.
To live is Christ, to die is gain.

Soon will the saints in glo­ry meet,
Soon walk through eve­ry gold­en street,
And sing on ev­ery bliss­ful plain:
To live is Christ, to die is gain.