Number: 422
English: HON 1951 #302 (HON 1987 #103 is a 4 part harmony version)
Title: Time is Passing, Oh! So Quickly
Name: 
Words: Sam Jones
Music: C. D. Tillman
Copyright: 
Meter: 
Form: 

Time is pass¤ing, Oh! so quick¤ly,
Days and years glide swift¤ly by;
Make the most of eve¤ry mo¤ment,
For thou ver¤y soon must die.
Life’s short span will soon be o¤ver,
Nev¤er to re¤turn a¤gain;
Do not spend thy no¤ble pow¤ers
On earth’s worth¤less treas¤ure vain.

Chorus:
Buy the gold un¤dimmed, un¤chang¤ing,
Buy the spot¤less rai¤ment white;
Rich and clothed, with eyes a¤noint¤ed,
Dai¤ly walk in God’s pure light.

Time is ev¤er speed¤ing on¤ward,
Naught can stay its rap¤id flight;
Soon the shad¤ows slow¤ly creep¤ing
Shall pro¤claim the com¤ing night.
Oh, a¤rise, be up and do¤ing,
La¤bour now while it is day,
Seek¤ing those e¤ter¤nal rich¤es
Moth and rust can¤not de¤cay.

God is anx¤ious to con¤form thee
To the im¤age of His Son;
Fear lest thou shouldst grieve His Spir¤it,
Mar the work He has be¤gun.
God’s own pre¤cious truth is Je¤sus,
Sit in si¤lence at His feet,
Learn of Him, the meek and low¤ly
Then thy soul rest shall be sweet.