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Come Let Us Anew

The same words as 3 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.

67 words changed · 3 stanzas only in Hymns for Second Advent Believers #38

Verse 1

COME let us anew, our journey pursue,
Roll round with the year;
And never stand still, till the Master appear,
His adorable will let us gladly fulfil, And our talents improve, By the patience of hope and the labor of love.

Verse 1

COME let us anew, our journey pursue,
Roll round with the year;
And never stand still, till the Master appear,
And never stand still, till the Master appear.

Not in this version

Verse 2

His adorable will let us gladly fulfill,
And our talents improve,

By the patience of hope and the labor of love.

Verse 2

Our life as a dream, our time as a stream,
Glides swiftly away,
And the fugitive moment refuses to stay. The arrow is flown, the moment is gone; The millennial year Rushes on to our view, and eternity's here.

Verse 3

Our life is a dream, our time as a stream,
Glides swiftly away,
And the fugitive moment refuses to stay.

Not in this version

Verse 4

The arrow is flown, the moment is gone;
The millennial year

Rushes on to our view, and eternity's here.

Not in this version

Verse 5

O, that each in the day Of [his] coming may say,
I have fought my way through;

I have finish'd the work thou didst give me to do.

Verse 3

O, that each in the day of his coming may say, "I have fought my way through; I have finished the work thou didst give me to do!" O that each from his Lord may receive the glad word,
Well and faithfully done!
Enter into my joy, and sit down on my throne.

Verse 6

O, that each from his Lord may receive the glad word,
Well and faithfully done!
Enter into my joy, and sit down on my throne.