The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3813

3813. A Little While

1. Oh, for the peace that floweth as a river,
Making life’s desert places bloom and smile;
Oh, for the faith to graspHeav’n’s bright forever,
Amid the shadows of earth’s little while.

2. A little while for patient vigil keeping,
To face the storm and wrestle with the strong;
A little while to sow the seed with weeping,
Then bind the sheaves and sing the harvest song.

3. A little while the earthen pitcher taking,
To wayside brooks, from far off fountains fed;
Then the parched lip its thirst forever slaking
Beside the fullness of the Fountainhead.

4. A little while to keep the oil from failing,
A little while faith’s flickering lamp to trim;
And then the Bridegroom’s coming footsteps hailing,
We’ll haste to meet Him with the bridal hymn.

Text Information

• First Line: Oh, for the peace that floweth as a river
• Title: A Little While
• Author: Jane Fox Crewdson (1864)
• Language: English
• Source: A Little While, and Other Poems (Manchester, England: 1864)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: A LITTLE WHILE
• Composer: Ira David Sankey
• Incipit: 53533 21616 55724
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain