A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 136

HYMN 136.

While with ceaseless course, the sun
⁠Hasted through the former year,
Many souls their race have run,
⁠Never more to meet us here.

Fix'd in an eternal state,
⁠They have done with all below;
We a little longer wait,
⁠But how little none can know.

Swiftly thus our fleeting days
⁠Bear us down life's rapid stream!
Lord to Heav'n our wishes raise;
⁠All on earth is but a dream.

Bless Thy word to young and old;
⁠Fill us with the Saviour's love;
And, when life's short tale is told,
⁠May we dwell with Thee above.