Hymns, Selected and Original ‎#219

219. My barns are full, my stores increase

1 "My barns are full, my stores increase;
And now for many years,
Soul, eat and drink, and take thine ease,
Secure from wants and fears."

2 Thus while a worldling boasted once,
As many now presume,
He heard the Lord himself pronounce,
His sudden, awful doom:

3 "This night, vain fool, thy soul must pass
Into a world unknown;
And who shall then the stores possess,
Which thou hast call'd thine own?"

4 Thus blinded mortals fondly scheme,
For happiness below;
Till death destroys the pleasing dream,
And they awake to wo.

Text Information

• First Line: My barns are full, my stores increase
• Meter: C. M.
• Publication Date: 1828
• Scripture:
  Luke 12:16
• Topic: Holy Spirit: Vanity and uncertainty of life; The Rich worldling

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