| 1810 - 590 pages
...• But even years are passing by, _ ,. And soon must all be gone ; . . For day by day, as minutes fly, Eternity comes on. ' Days, months, and years, must have an end ; Eternity hss none ; 'Twill always have as long to spend As when it first begun ! ' Great God ! an infant cannot... | |
| Tracts - 1820 - 310 pages
...broken heart, For day by duv, as minutes fly, And be his comfort, by my care ; Eternity comes on. 32 'Twill always have as long to spend, As when it first begun ! WE'VE pas.s'd another Sabbath day, i And heard of Jesus and of heaven ; We tbank thee for thy word,... | |
| Hymns, English - 1829 - 130 pages
...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...always have as long to spend, As when it first begun. 4 Great God ! an infant cannot tell How such a thing can be ; I only pray that I may dwell That long,... | |
| Ann Taylor - 1832 - 106 pages
...indeed. But months and years are passing bv, And soon must all be gone ; For day by day, as minutes fly, Eternity comes on. Days, months, and years must...have as long to spend As when it first begun ! Great Gou ! an infant cannot tell How such a thing can be : I only pray that I may dwell That long, long... | |
| James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 528 pages
...child's notion of it, and I am sure the wisest in this assembly will not be displeased with it : — " Days, months, and years must have an end ; Eternity...always have as long to spend As when it first begun." The very impotence of language is sometimes the strongest expression of the sentiment to be conveyed.... | |
| James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 348 pages
...wrong in wishing that he who now utters, and all who hear it, may be able to adopt the prayer ? — " Great God ! an infant cannot tell How such a thing can be : — / only pray that I may dwell That long, long time with Thee." It would be injustice to forget,... | |
| Lewis Glover Pray - Children's poetry - 1834 - 118 pages
...years are fleeting 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...always have as long to spend, As when it first begun. 4 Great God ! I own I cannot tell How such a thing can be ; I only pray that I may dwell That long,... | |
| William Bourn Oliver Peabody - Hymns, English - 1835 - 462 pages
...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...always have as long to spend, As when it first begun. 4 Great God ! -although I cannot tell How such a thing can be, I humbly pray that I may dwell That... | |
| William Bourn Oliver Peabody - Hymns, English - 1835 - 390 pages
...gone ; For, day by day, as minutes fly, Eternity comes on. 3 Days, months, and years must have aft end ; Eternity has none ; 'Twill always have as long to spend, As when it first begun. 4 Great God ! although I cannot tell How such a thing can be, I humbly pray that I may dwell That long,... | |
| Children - 1840 - 118 pages
...indeed. But months and years are passing by, And soon must all be gone ; For day by day as minutes fly, Eternity comes on. Days, months, and years, must have an end, Eternity has none 3 "Twill always have as long to spend, As when it first begun. A simple infant cannot tell How such... | |
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