The Cyber Hymnal ‎#5221

5221. Only Remembered

1. Fading away like the stars of the morning,
Losing their light in the glorious sun—
Thus would we pass from the earth and its toiling,
Only remembered by what we have done.

Refrain
Only remembered, only remembered,
Only remembered by what we have done;
Thus would we pass from the earth and its toiling,
Only remembered by what we have done.

2. Shall we be missed though by others succeeded,
Reaping the fields we in springtime have sown?
No, for the sowers may pass from their labors,
Only remembered by what they have done. [Refrain]

3. Only the truth that in life we have spoken,
Only the seed that on earth we have sown;
These shall pass onward when we are forgotten,
Fruits of the harvest and what we have done. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Fading away like the stars of the morning
• Title: Only Remembered
• Author: Horatius Bonar (1870)
• Refrain First Line: Only remembered, only remembered
• Language: English
• Source: The Prize, by George F. Root (Chicago, Illinois: Root & Cady, 1870)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Dr. Horatius Bonar, of Edinburgh, wrote the words of this hymn, which I set to music in 1891. I sang it as a solo in the Tabernacle in London at the funeral of my friend, C. H. Spurgeon, the great London preacher. Sankey, pp. 334-5

Tune Information

• Name: [Fading away like the stars of the morning]
• Composer: Ira David Sankey (1891)
• Incipit: 54515 35424 36771
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain