at hand, We've sight-ed the moun-tains of
ri - fied band, Are sound-ing their wel-come to
pierc-ed hand, Has o-pened the por-tals of
ing the strand, Where loved ones await you in

5

Only a Step.

GEORGE WALKER WHITCOMB.

D. B. TOWNER,

1. How far to the Sav-iour of men

can it be? Only a step,
2. How far from bad habits 'till kept in God's will? Only a step,
to the rapture he gives to the blest? Only a step,

3. How far

sin to the smile of His face, Only a step, O mar-vel-ous grace!

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1. I

sometimes feel the thread of life is slender, And soon with me the
2. Think of the souls thou might'st have blest when brightly The suns to Thee life's
3. The time is short! Then be thy heart a broth-er's, To ev-'ry heart that
4. Strangers or friends, give them thy best en-deavor, Thy warmest im-pulse

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bor will be wrought; Then grows my heart to oth-er hearts more ten-der-
choicest seasons brought, Years lost to God in pleas-ure pass-ing light-ly-
needs Thy help in aught! How oft they need
and Thy ho-liest thought; Keep-ing in mind,

the

in

sym-pa-thy of others-
word and ac-
tion, ever,

The time is short, the time is short. Up, up, my soul, the longspent time re-

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deem-ing; Tell thou of hope that Je-sus' blood has bought; Light oth er

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The Time Is Short,

ad lib.

lamps while yet the light is beaming- The time is short, the time is short.

And feels its grasp her own en - fold,
And slept, as ere on Mary's breast,
Shall bear me buoy-ant on the breast Of seas that sought my life;

Im-part-ing strength di - vine;
He slept in in
fancy;

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And sings her cheer - ful song at ease, While lean - ing hard on Thee,-
My soul shall find from care re-lease, How-ev- er rough the sea,-
And He who bade the tu- mult cease, Shall hear my

song of

glee,-

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