The Christian — Godly Life

And art thou, gracious Master, gone

No. 657
Metre L. M. 6l.
Tune EATON.
Words Anon.
Music Zerubbabel Wyvill.
Key E major
Singing key D major
Time 4/4
4 stanzas

Words

And art thou, gracious Master, gone,A mansion to prepare for me?Shall I behold thee on thy throne?Shall I forever dwell with thee?Then let the world approve or blame,I'll triumph in thy glorious name.

Should I, to gain the world's applause,Or to escape its sharpest frown,Refuse to countenance thy cause,And make thy people's lot my own,What shame would fill me in that dayWhen thou thy glory shalt display!

And what is man, or what his smile?The terror of his anger what?Like grass he flourishes awhile,But soon his place shall know him not;Through fear of such an one, shall IThe Lord of heaven and earth deny?

No; let the world cast out my name,And vile account me, if it will;If to confess the Lord be shame,I purpose to be viler still:For thee, my God, I all resign,Content, if I can call thee mine.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—GODLY LIFE.»; hymn number «657» (large), tune name «EATON. L. M. 6L.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals; the «L» after the 6 is a small capital), «ZERUBBABEL WYVILL.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, with «1.» before «And»; «behold» and «glorious» are printed unbroken under two notes. Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in two columns below the music, under the reference line «234, 682, 320.» in italics (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 234, 682 or 320); stanza 3 begins in the left column and continues at the top of the right column; «Anon.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «?», «;» and «:» («me ?», «throne ?», «not ;», «will ;», «still :»); it is closed up here. In the text stanzas, lines 2 and 4 are indented. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.