 Maker of my frame, Teach me the measure of my days ; Teach me to know how frail I am, And spend the remnant to thy praise. 2 My days are shorter than a span; A little point my life appears ; How frail, at best, is dying man ! How vain are all his hopes...  The Cornhill Magazine - Page 55edited by - 1916Full view - About this book
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1852 - 808 pages
...how frail I am, • And spend the remnant to thy praise. 2 My days are shorter than a span; A littlo point my life appears ; How frail, at best, is dying man ! How vain are all his hopes and fears ! 3 Vain his ambition, noise, and show ; Vain are the cares which rack his mind: He heaps up treasures... | |
 | Francis BARKER (Wesleyan Minister.) - 1853 - 192 pages
...nothing before thee : verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. — Ps. xxxix. 5. " My days are shorter than a span ; A little point my...dying man ! How vain are all his hopes and fears." Hymn 722. September 1st. CAN the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye... | |
 | Primitive Methodists - 1853 - 634 pages
...days, That I may wisely learn to know The power of Jesus' saving grace. 2 My days are shorter than & span; A little point my life appears; How frail, at...is dying man! How vain are all his hopes and fears! 3 Vain his ambition, noise, and shew; Vain are the cares which rack his mind. He heaps up treasures... | |
 | Baptist Wriothesley Noel (hon) - 1853 - 602 pages
...we are, And spend our moments to thy praise. 2 Our days are shorter than a span, A little point our life appears ; How frail at best is dying man ! How vain are all his hopes and fears ! 3 Vain his ambition, noise, and show ; Vain are the cares which rack his mind ; He heaps up treasure... | |
 | Asa Fitz - 1853 - 80 pages
...me the measure of my days ; Teach me to know how frail I am, And spend the remnant to thy praise. uv days are shorter than a span, A little point my life appears ; /low frail at best is dying man : How vain are all his hopes and fears ! Vain his ambition, noise... | |
 | 1854 - 152 pages
...Teach me the measure of my days ; Teach me to know how frail I am, And spend the remnant to thy praise. My days are shorter than a span, A little point my...is dying man ! How vain are all his hopes and fears ! Oh ! be a nobler portion mine ! My God ! I bow before thy throne : Earth's fleeting treasures I resign,... | |
 | 1855 - 318 pages
...Teach me the measure of my days ; Teach me to know how frail I am, And spend the remnant to thy praise. My days are shorter than a span, A little point my...is dying man ! How vain are all his hopes and fears ! O be a nobler portion mine ! My God ! I bow before thy throne ; Earth's fleeting treasures I resign,... | |
 | 1855 - 488 pages
...patiently, and even thankfully; in correcting ourselves when told; in not hating those who tell us of them. How frail, at best, is dying man ! How vain are all...his ambition, noise, and show ! Vain are the cares that rack his mind! He heaps up treasures mix'd with woe, And dies, and leaves them all behind. Be... | |
 | H. HUTCHINS - 1856 - 186 pages
...the measure of my days ; LM Teach me to know how frail I am, And spend the remnant to Thy praise. 2 My days are shorter than a span, A little point my...is dying man ! How vain are all his hopes and fears ! 3 Vain his ambition, noise, and show! Vain are the cares which rack his mind ; He heaps up treasures... | |
 | General Association of Connecticut - 1856 - 448 pages
...me the measure of my days ; Teach me to know how frail I am, And spend the remnant to thy praise. t. My days are shorter than a span ; A little point my life appears : How frail, at best, is dying man 1 How vain are all his* hopes and fears! 8. O be a nooler portion mine ! My God, I bow before thy throne... | |
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