The Christian — Hymns for Social Worship

My days are gliding swiftly by

No. 496
Metre 8s & 7s. P.
Tune SHINING SHORE
Words David Nelson.
Music Geo. F. Root.
Key G major
Singing key F major
Time 3/4
4 stanzas

Words

My days are gliding swiftly by,And I, a pilgrim stranger,Would not detain them as they fly—Those hours of toil and danger;

Chorus.

For O, we stand on Jordan's strand,And soon we'll all pass over;And just before, the shining shoreWe may almost discover.

We'll gird our loins, my brethren dear,Our distant home discerning;Our absent Lord has left us word,Let every lamp be burning.

Should coming days be cold and dark,We need not cease our singing;That perfect rest naught can molest,Where golden harps are ringing.

Let sorrow's rudest tempests blow,Each cord on earth to sever,Our King says, Come, and there's our home,Forever, O, forever!

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—HYMNS FOR SOCIAL WORSHIP.»; hymn number «496» (large), tune name «SHINING SHORE. 8s & 7s. P.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals, the «P.» in a smaller size), «GEO. F. ROOT.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, one line per system, «1.» before the first word; the word «Chorus.» is printed above the treble staff in the middle of system 2, over «For O, we stand on Jordan's strand,»; the chorus words are printed only there (under the music) and are sung after every stanza. In the interlinear line «swiftly», «pilgrim», «stranger», «Jordan's», «over», «before», «shining» and «almost» are printed whole under two notes each; «glid - ing», «de - tain», «dan - ger», «dis - cov - er» with spaced hyphens. Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, numbered «2»–«4» without a full stop (numbered «2.»–«4.» here like stanza 1), lines 2 and 4 of each stanza indented as printed; «David Nelson.» in bold italics after stanza 4 (the «e» of «Nelson» is clogged with ink in this exemplar). The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («discerning ;», «singing ;», «forever !»); it is closed up here; the curly apostrophes («Jordan's», «we'll», «We'll», «sorrow's», «there's») are written straight. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.