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11412. Sweeter As The Days Go By

1 The dear old story of a Savior’s love
Is sweeter as the days go by;
The glad assurance of a home above
Is sweeter as the days go by.

Refrain:
We’ll fill the days with joyful praise,
We’ll sing as the happy moments fly;
The song of love to Him above
Grows sweeter as the days go by.

2 The sunbeams shining from the living Light
Are brighter as the days go by;
The stars of promise cheering sorrow’s night
Are brighter as the days go by. [Refrain]

3 Hope’s anchor, holding in the stormy strife,
Is stronger as the days go by;
We feel the throbbings of immortal life
Grow stronger as the days go by. [Refrain]

4 The peace that Jesus gives to us anew
Is deeper as the days go by;
The prospects opening to the Christian’s view
Are grander as the days go by. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: The dear old story of a Savior’s love
Title: Sweeter As The Days Go By
Author: Eliza Edmunds Hewitt (1898)
Refrain First Line: We’ll fill the days with joyful praise
Language: English
Source: Songs of Love and Praise No. 5, by John Swe­ney, J. How­ard Ent­wisle and Frank M. Da­vis (Phil­a­del­phia: John J. Hood, 1898)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [The dear old story of a Savior’s love]
Composer: John Robson Sweney
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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