#1
My time is swiftly on I must faint and die; My to the dust return And there lie. Let persecution rage And appear; My silent beneath the ground; no disturbance there.
To poor sinners to repent And seek Savior dear. My brother preachers, boldly And stand on wall. the drunk, confirm the weak And after call.
My loving wife, my friend, The of my love, The time's sweet l've spent with you, My and harmless dove, My little children my heart My affections know. From each the path I attend. O them can I go?!
O God, a to them be And keep from all harm, That they may love and Thee And dwell Thy charm. How often you have fer me And often me come. But now I depart from thee And return.
My loving wife, don't fer me, lament nor mourn; Fer I with my Jesus be And dwell his charm.
#2 The is swiftly rolling on When I faint and die, My body to the return And forgotten lie. Let rage around, Let Antichrist Beneath the and silent ground There's no there.
Through heats and cold I've and went And in despair; To call poor sinners to And seek the dear.
My brother preachers, speak And stand on wall. Confirm the strong, the weak, And after call.
My children, near my heart, And nature to bind, It grieves me sorely to And you here behind.
Oh Lord, a to them be And keep from all harm That they may love and worship And dwell Thy charm.
My wife, my bosom friend, The of my love, The time's sweet I spent with thee, My sweet, my dove.
Though I now depart from thee Let not grieve your heart, For you will shortly to me we shall never part.