Only One Life

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Only one life for Jesus, 'twill soon be past

Author: Anonymous (1942)
Tune: [Only one life for Jesus, 'twill soon be past]
Published in 2 hymnals

Representative Text

Only one life for Jesus, ‘twill soon be past;
Only what’s done for Jesus, forever will last;
Only one life for Jesus, ‘twill soon be past;
Only what’s done for Jesus, forever will last.

Source: Choice Hymns of the Faith #340

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Author: Anonymous

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