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Eternity is just at hand!�
And shall I waste my ebbing sand?
And careless view departing day.
And throw my inch of time away?
Eternity! tremendous sound!
To guilty souls a dreadful wound!
But O! if Christ and heaven be mine,
How sweet the accents! how divine!
Be this my chief, my only care,
My high pursuit, my ardent pray�r�
An int�rest in the Saviour�s blood,
My pardon seal�d and peace with God;
But should my brightest hopes be vain;
The rising doubts how sharp its pain!
My fears, O gracious God, remove,
Confirm my tide to thy love.
But an eternity there is
Of endless woe, or endless bliss;
And swift as time fulfils its round.
We to eternity are bound.
What countless millions of mankind
Have left this fleeting world behind!
They're gone! but where?�ah, pause and see.
Gone to a long, eternity.
Sinner! canst thou for ever dwell
In all the fiery deeps of hell;
And is death nothing, then to thee;
Death, and a dread eternity?
Search, Lord, O search my inmost heart,
And light, and hope, and joy impart;
From guilt and error set me free,
And guide me safe to heaven and thee.
---Alternative verses---
Lo! an eternity there is,
Of bitter woe, or endless bliss;
And swift as time fulfills its round,
We to eternity are bound.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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Bible Refs:
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Is 57:15;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| 2005 | # 232 | | 1815 | # 280 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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DUKE STREET
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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Dates:
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1793
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 193 | No key | | # 351 | No key | | # 225 | No key | | # 246 | No key | | # 32 | No key | | # 49 | C | | # 289 | D | | # 398 | D | | # 231 | D | | # 107 | D | | # 387 | D | | # 384 | D | | # 12 | D | | # 212 | D | | # 381 | D | | # 184 | E | | # 1084 | E | | # 24 | Eb | | # 116 | Eb | | # 128 | Eb | | # 187 | Eb | | # 19 | Eb | | # 459 | Eb | | # 26 | Eb | | # 784 | Eb | | # 540 | Eb | | # 747.1 | No key | | # 120 | F | | # 424 | Bb | | # 658 | E | | # 53 | Eb | | # 5 | Eb |
ALTERNATIVE TUNES
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meter
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| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) |
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