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Eternity Anticipated

Eternity is just at hand

Author: Anne Steele
Tune: PORTUGAL (Thorley)
Published in 141 hymnals

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1 Eternity is just at hand!--
And shall I waste my ebbing sand;
And careless view departing day,
And throw my inch of time away?

2 But an eternity there is
Of endless wo, or endless bliss;
And swift as time fulfils its round,
We to eternity are bound.

3 What countless millions of mankind
Have left this fleeting world behind!
They're gone! but where?--ah, pause and see,
Gone to a long eternity.

4 Sinner! canst thou for ever dwell
In all the fiery deeps of hell;
And is death nothing, then, to thee;
Death, and a dread eternity?


Source: Hymns, Selected and Original: for public and private worship (1st ed.) #242

Author: Anne Steele

Anne Steele was the daughter of Particular Baptist preacher and timber merchant William Steele. She spent her entire life in Broughton, Hampshire, near the southern coast of England, and devoted much of her time to writing. Some accounts of her life portray her as a lonely, melancholy invalid, but a revival of research in the last decade indicates that she had been more active and social than what was previously thought. She was theologically conversant with Dissenting ministers and "found herself at the centre of a literary circle that included family members from various generations, as well as local literati." She chose a life of singleness to focus on her craft. Before Christmas in 1742, she declined a marriage proposal from contemporar… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Eternity is just at hand
Title: Eternity Anticipated
Author: Anne Steele
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Evangelical Hymns #CXCII

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A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs #232

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the United Brethren in Christ #d84

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #1005

A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #d73

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A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #576

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A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints #222

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A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #464

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A New Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #485

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A New Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #785

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A Pastor's Selection of Hymns and Tunes #80

A Prayer Meeting and Revival Hymn Book . 27th ed. #d127

A Prayer Meeting and Revival Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d84

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A Selection of Hymns & Psalms #389

A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs from the Best Authors #d60

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A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors. #548

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A Selection of Hymns #DXLVIII

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A Selection of Hymns #221

Baptist Harmony #d66

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Baptist Hymn Book #a821

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Choice Hymns #160

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Choral Echoes from the Church of God in All Ages #285

Choral Harp for Sunday Schools #d31

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Christian Melodies #21

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Christian Melodies #21

Church Hymn Book . 3rd ed. #d122

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d248

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Church Psalmody #H634

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Church Psalmody #634

Conference Hymns for Social Worship. 8th ed. #d34

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Dupuy's Hymns and Spiritual Songs (Rev. corr. and enl.) #234

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Dyer's Psalmist #413

Family Hymns #d59

General Baptist Hymn Book #d125

Heavenly Echoes #d35

Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Selected and Original. 7th ed. #d125

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Hymns for Christian Melody #840

Hymns for Conference Meetings and Private Devotions #d33

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Hymns for Social Meetings #97

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Hymns for Social Worship #146

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Hymns for Social Worship #500

Hymns for Social Worship. 6th ed. #d54

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Hymns for Sunday Schools #319

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Hymns for the Camp. (3rd ed. rev. and enl.) #129

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #1108

Hymns for the Use of the Brethren in Christ #d112

Hymns for the Vestry and the Fireside #d82

Hymns of Zion #d62

Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, including Some Never Before in Print #d98

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Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship #242

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Hymns, Selected and Original #242

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Hymns #242

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Hymns #242

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Hymns #242

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Hymns #242

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Manual of Christian Psalmody #634

Melodies of the Church #d232

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New Select Hymns #223

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Pocket Hymns #336

Prayers for the Use of Families with a Selection of Hymns #d27

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship #d170

Psalms and Hymns for the Worship of God #d180

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Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship #174

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Psalms and Hymns #753

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Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #B169

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Revival Gems #48

Revival Hymns #d36

Revival Hymns #d20

Revival Hymns #d17

Revival Hymns ... with a Supplement. 2nd ed. #d70

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Revival Hymns (Rev. ed.) #26

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Sacred Melodies for Social Worship #288

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Social Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #425

Spiritual Songs and Hymns, for Use in All Gospel Services #d99

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The American Baptist Sabbath-School Hymn-Book #253

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The American Church Harp #73

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The American Sabbath School Singing Book #40

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The Baptist Harp #573

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #326

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #117.326

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The Baptist Hymn Book #326

The Baptist Hymn Book, in Two Parts #d150

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The Baptist Hymn Book #821

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The Baptist Praise Book #557

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The Baptist Psalmody #377

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