Like mist on the mountain

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1 Like mist on the mountain,
Like ships on the sea,
So swiftly the years
Of our pilgrimage flee.
In the grave of our fathers
How soon shall we lie!
Dear children, today
To the Saviour fly.

2 How sweet are the flow'rets
In April and May!
But often the frost
Makes them wither away.
Like flowers you may fade;
Are you ready to die?
While "yet there is room"
To a Saviour fly.

3 When Samuel was young,
He first knew the Lord;
He slept in his smile
And rejoiced in his word:
So most of God's children
Are early brought nigh:
Oh, seek him in youth,
To a Saviour fly.

4 Do you ask me for pleasure?
Then lean on his breast;
For there the sin-laden
And weary find rest.
In the valley of death
You will triumphing cry,
"If this be call'd dying,
"Tis pleasant to die."


Source: The New Sabbath School Hosanna: enlarged and improved: a choice collection of popular hymns and tunes, original and selected: for the Sunday school and the family circle... #152a

Author: Robert Murray McCheyne

McCheyne, Robert Murray, son of Adam McCheyne, W. S., was b. at Edinburgh, May 21, 1813, and educated at Edinburgh University. In 1835 he became Assistant at Larbert,near Stirling, and was ordained in 1836 Minister of St. Peter's Established Church, Dundee. In 1839 he went to Palestine as one of the Mission of Enquiry to the Jews from the Church of Scotland. He d. at Dundee, March 25, 1843. His hymns, a few of which were written in Palestine, appeared in his Songs of Zion to cheer and guide Pilgrims on their way to the New Jerusalem, By the late Rev. B. M. McCheyne....Dundee, W. Middleton, 1843. These hymns were reprinted in his Memoir and Remains, edited by Dr. Andrew A. Bonar, 1844. The Songs as reprinted in 1844 number 14, and date from… Go to person page >

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First Line: Like mist on the mountain
Author: Robert Murray McCheyne
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion #d133

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A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #560

American Sunday School Hymn Book. 2nd ed. #a277

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American Sunday School Hymn Book. New ed. #aa277

Anniversary and Sabbath School Hymns; or The Child's Sunday School Music Book #d51

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Anniversary and Sabbath School Hymns #67

Anniversary Hymns #d44

Children's Praise #d86

Companion of Praise for the Sunday School, Family and Prayer Meeting #d119

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Hymns additional to the Hymns in the Prayer Book #312

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Hymns and Offices of Worship #221

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth and Children #205

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #205

Hymns of The Voice of Praise #d154

Hymns, Selected and Original, for Sunday Schools of the Evangelical Lutheran Church #d238

Linden Harp #d75

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New Union Hymns #498

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Sabbath-School Hymn-Book #104

Social Hymn and Tune Book #d220

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Social Hymn Book #185

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Song Garland; or, Singing for Jesus #35

Songs of the Savior's Love #d123

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The American Sunday-School Hymn-Book #277

The Anniversary and Sunday School Music Book No. 1-5 #d105

The Anniversary and Sunday School Music Book Nos. 1 and 2 with additions #d33

The Bible Hymn Book #d136

The Gem #d84

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The New Sabbath School Hosanna #152a

The New Sunday-School Harmonist #d46

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The Sabbath School Bell #45

The Sabbath School Hosanna #d99

The Union Harp and Revival Chorister. Rev ed. #d216

The Voice of Praise #d154

The Westminster Collection of Sabbath School Hymns and Tunes #d68

Worship in the School Room #d96

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Young Singer's Friend #a80

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