A Few More Years
The same words as 2 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
47 words changed · 2 stanzas only in Hymns and Tunes 1876 #36 · 1 stanza only in Christ in Song #725
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Verse 1
A few more years shall roll, A few more sea-sons come,
And we shall be with those that rest A-sleep with-in the tomb;
A few more suns shall set O'er these dark hills of time,
And we shall be where suns are not, A far se-ren-er clime.
Verse 2
A few more storms shall beat On this wild rock-y shore,;
And we shall be where tem-pests cease, And surg-es swell no more;;Then, O my Lord, prepare My soul for that calm day
Oh, wash me in thy precious blood, And take my sins away
Verse 2
A few more storms shall beat On this wild rock-y shore,
And we shall be where tem-pests cease, And surg-es swell no more;
A few more strug-gles here, A few more part-ings o'er,
A few more toils, a few more tears, And we shall weep no more.
Verse 1
A FEW more years shall roll, A few more seasons come
And we shall be with those That restAsleep within the tomb
Then, O my Lord, pre-pare My soul for that great day;;Oh, wash me in Thy pre-cious blood, And take my sins a-way. !
Verse 3
'Tis but a lit-tle while, And He shall come a-gain,
Who died that we might live, who lives That
we with Him might reign;
Then, O my Lord, pre-pare My soul for that great day;
O wash me in Thy pre-cious blood, And take my sins a-way.
Verse 3
A few more struggles here,
A few more partings sore,
A few more toils, a few more tears,
And we shall weep no more ;
Then, O my Lord, prepare
My soul for that blest day ;
Oh, wash me in thy precious blood,
And take my sins away !
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Verse 4
'Tis but a little while,
And he shall come again,
Who died, that we might live, who lives
That we may with him reign ;
Then, O my Lord, prepare
My soul for that glad day ;
Oh, wash me in thy precious blood,
And take my sins away !
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