Author: Melia Z. Haffner Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Life seems but a sparkling river Refrain First Line: "Let us, then, be up and doing" Lyrics: 1 Life seems but a sparkling river,
Flowing down the "steep of time,"
Bearing trusting spirits ever,
To a happy, holy clime.
Refrain:
'Let us, then, be up and doing,'
Let us labor while we may;
Roses ’round each pathway strewing,
Treading softly all life’s way.
2 We have but a short probation,
Soon our labors will be o’er;
Soon from toil and sore temptation,
We shall rest forevermore! [Refrain]
3 Yes, the night of death steals o’er us,
Calling us from earth away;
And eternity before us,
Beams with light of endless day. [Refrain]
4 Cheering pilgrims, faint and weary,
And with tenderness and love;
Pointing thro’ earth’s darkness dreary,
To the glorious home above. [Refrain] Used With Tune: PALM BEACH Text Sources: Chiming Voices by James H. Rosecrans and J. F. Toof (New York: Asa Hull, 1893)
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