Hymns, Selected and Original ‎#630

630. Another fleeting day is gone

1 Another fleeting day is gone,
Slow o'er the west the shadows rise;
Swift the soft stealing hours have flown,
And night's dark mantle veils the skies.

2 Another fleeting day is gone,
Swept from the records of the year;
And still with each successive sun,
Life's fading visions disappear.

3 Another fleeting day is gone,
To tell thy secrets, O my soul;
Faithful before th'eternal throne
Thy slightest folly 'twill enrol.

4 Another fleeting day is gone,
To join the fugitives before:
And I, when life's employ is done,
shall sleep, to wake in time no more.

5 Another fleeting day is gone,
And soon a fairer day shall rise;
A day, whose never-setting sun,
Shall pour his light o'er cloudless skies.

6 Another fleeting day is gone,
In solemn silence rest, my soul;
Bend--bend before his awful throne,
Who bids the morn and evening roll!

Text Information

• First Line: Another fleeting day is gone
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1828
• Scripture:
  Job 8:9
• Topic: An Evening Hymn; Evening

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