THE SWIFTNESS OF TIME.
“Swiftas the wingèd arrow flies,My time is hast’ning on;Quick as the lightning from the skiesMy wasting moments run.“My follies past, O God, forgive;My ev’ry sin subdue;And teach me henceforth how to live,With glory full in view.“Thanks, Lord, to Thine unbounded grace,That in my early youthI have been taught to seek Thy face,And know the way of truth.“Oh! let Thy Spirit lead me stillAlong the happy road;Conform me to Thy holy will,My Father and my God.”
“Swiftas the wingèd arrow flies,My time is hast’ning on;Quick as the lightning from the skiesMy wasting moments run.“My follies past, O God, forgive;My ev’ry sin subdue;And teach me henceforth how to live,With glory full in view.“Thanks, Lord, to Thine unbounded grace,That in my early youthI have been taught to seek Thy face,And know the way of truth.“Oh! let Thy Spirit lead me stillAlong the happy road;Conform me to Thy holy will,My Father and my God.”
“Swiftas the wingèd arrow flies,My time is hast’ning on;Quick as the lightning from the skiesMy wasting moments run.
“Swiftas the wingèd arrow flies,
My time is hast’ning on;
Quick as the lightning from the skies
My wasting moments run.
“My follies past, O God, forgive;My ev’ry sin subdue;And teach me henceforth how to live,With glory full in view.
“My follies past, O God, forgive;
My ev’ry sin subdue;
And teach me henceforth how to live,
With glory full in view.
“Thanks, Lord, to Thine unbounded grace,That in my early youthI have been taught to seek Thy face,And know the way of truth.
“Thanks, Lord, to Thine unbounded grace,
That in my early youth
I have been taught to seek Thy face,
And know the way of truth.
“Oh! let Thy Spirit lead me stillAlong the happy road;Conform me to Thy holy will,My Father and my God.”
“Oh! let Thy Spirit lead me still
Along the happy road;
Conform me to Thy holy will,
My Father and my God.”