539 | Church Book#540 | 541 |
Text: | Let others boast how strong they be |
Author: | Watts |
Tune: | MANCHESTER |
1 Let others boast how strong they be,
Nor death nor danger fear;
While we'll confess, O Lord, to Thee,
What feeble things we are.
2 Fresh as the grass our bodies stand,
And flourish bright and gay;
A blasting wind sweeps o'er the land,
And fades the grass away.
3 Our life contains a thousand springs,
And dies if one be wrong;
Strange, that a harp of thousand strings
Should keep in tune so long.
4 But 'tis our God supports our frame,
The God that formed us first,
Salvation to the almighty Name
That reared us from the dust!
5 While we have breath, or life, or tongues,
Our Maker we'll adore.
His Spirit moves our heaving lungs,
Or they would breathe no more.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Let others boast how strong they be |
Author: | Watts (1709, a.) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1890 |
Topic: | Death and Eternity: Preparation for Death |
Notes: | Alternate tune: #89 or #91 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MANCHESTER |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Notes: | Composer from index: Dr. Robt. Wainwright, 1774 |