The Book of Worship ‎#295

295. Eternity! terrific word

1 Eternity! terrific word,
Within the heart a piercing sword!
Beginning without ending!
Eternity, unmeasured time!
I sink beneath the thought sublime,
That I to thee am tending:
Deep horrors fill my quaking heart,
My lips in speech refuse to part.

2 Eternity! oh what a pang!
Eternity! no serpent's fang
Could send that thrill of terror.
When I revolve thy clanking chains,
Thy dark abyss of deathless pains,
My soul is filled with horror.
Oh search the universe around,
No equal terror can be found!

3 Awake, oh man, from sinful sleep;
Bethink thyself, thou straying sheep;
Seek God by true repentance!
Awake, behold thy wasting sand,
Eternity is just at hand
And brings thine awful sentence.
This is, perchance, thy final day:
Who knows when he'll be snatched away?

4 Eternity! terrific word,
Within the heart a piercing sword!
Beginning without ending!
Eternity! unmeasured time!
I sink beneath the thought sublime,
That I to thee am tending:
Lord Jesus, when it pleaseth Thee,
Grant me Thy blest eternity!

Text Information

• First Line: Eternity! terrific word
• Meter: Peculiar
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1867
• Topic: Man a Sinner: Awakened

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