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Like mist on the mountain, like ships on the sea

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CHILDREN CALLED TO CHRIST

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Hymnal: The New Sabbath School Hosanna #152a (1870) Lyrics: 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." Tune Title: CHILDREN CALLED TO CHRIST

Like mist on the mountain, like ships on the sea

Hymnal: Sabbath-School Hymn-Book #104 (1872)

Like mist on the mountain, like ships on the sea

Hymnal: Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #205 (1857) Languages: English

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Robert Murray M'Cheyne

1813 - 1843 Person Name: Robert Murray McCheyne Author of "Like mist on the mountain" 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 1831 to 1841. The best known are, "I once was a stranger to grace and to God;" and, "When this passing world is done." In addition, "Beneath Moriah's rocky side," written at the "Foot of Carmel, June, 1839" (Sent from God); "Like mist on the mountains," written "Jan. 1st, 1831" (Children called to Christ), and "Ten Virgins, clothed in white" (The Ten Virgins), dated 1841, are in common use. [Rev. James Mearns, M. A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)