The Southern harmony, and musical companion containing a choice collection of tunes, hymns, psalms, odes, and anthems |
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[Life is the time to serve the Lord] |
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[Life is the time to serve the Lord]
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Life is the time to serve the Lord,The time t'ensure the great reward;
And while the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may return
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Life is the hour that God has giv'nTo 'scape from hell, and fly to heaven;
The day of grace, and mortals may
Secure the blessings of the day.
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The living know that they must die,But all the dead forgotten lie,
Their memory and their sense is gone,
Alike unknowing and unknown
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Their hatred and their love is lost,Their envy buried in the dust;
They have no share in all that's done
Beneath the circuit of the sun.
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Then what my thoughts design to do,My hands with all your might pursue,
Since no device, nor work is found,
Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground.
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There are no acts of pardon pastIn the cold grave to which we haste.
But darkness, death, and long despair
Reign in eternal silence there
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