TIME SPEEDS AWAY | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 24, 1874

TIME SPEEDS AWAY.

'Time speeds away, away, away ; Another hour, another day, Another month, another year, Drops from us like the leaflet sere ; Drops like the life-blood from the heart. The rose bloom from the cheeks depart ; The tresses from the temples fall, The eyes grow dim and strange to all.

'Time speeds away, away, away ; Like torrents in a stormy day ; He undermines the stately tower, Uproots the tree and swamps the flower, He tears from our distracted breasts The friends we've loved, the friends that blest, And leaves us weeping on the shore, To which they can return no more.

'Time speeds away, away, away ; No eagle through the sky of day, No winds along the hills can flee So swiftly or so smooth as he ; Like fiery steeds, from stage to stage, He bears us on from youth to age, Then plunges in the fearful sea Of fathomless eternity.

'Time speeds away, away, away ; O sinner, turn without delay, With rapid strides you onward go, Down to the tomb, and future woe ; Make haste, the door will soon shut fast, In outer darkness you'll be cast ; Then what will be your fearful state, To hear the words, too late ! too late !

'Time speeds away, away, away ; O Christian, work without delay, The time is short, the moments fly, The end, the end is drawing nigh ; The harvest's ripe, the workers few, A great deal must depend on you ; The Judge is standing at the door, The angel swears “Time is no more !”

—Sel.