The Christian — Family Devotion
Our days are as the grass
- No. 558
- Metre S. M.
- Tune BOYLSTON.
- Words Isaac Watts.
- Music Lowell Mason.
- Key C major
- Time 3/2
- 2 stanzas
Words
⤢ Full screenOur days are as the grass,Or like the morning flower;When blasting winds sweep o'er the field,It withers in an hour.
But thy compassions, Lord,To endless years endure;And children's children ever findThe words of promise sure.
About this hymn
As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—FAMILY DEVOTION.»; hymn number «558» (large), tune name «BOYLSTON. S. M.» centred over the music, «Lowell Mason.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «Our». Stanza 2 is printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «732, 554, 236.» in italics (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 732, 554 or 236). «Isaac Watts.» in italics after stanza 2. The print sets a thin space before «;» («endure ;»); it is closed up here. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.
- Source
- The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
- Where
- The Christian — Family Devotion · No. 558 · printed page 183
- Checked
- score verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01
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