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| + | #redirect [[How Fleet the Precious Moments Roll!]] |
| − | ==Lyrics from [[A Collection of Sacred Hymns for the Use of the Latter Day Saints, 1844]]==
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| − | 1. How fleet the precious moments roll,<br>
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| − | How soon the harvest will be o'er;<br> | |
| − | The watchmen seek their final rest,<br>
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| − | And lift a warning voice no more.
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| − | 2. Another year has rolled away,<br>
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| − | And took its thousands to the tomb:<br>
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| − | Its sorrows and its joys are fled,<br>
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| − | To hasten on the gen'ral doom.
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| − | 3. And eighteen hundred thirty-five<br>
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| − | Is rolling swiftly on the wing,<br>
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| − | And soon the leaves and tendrils thrive;<br>
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| − | A token of returning spring.
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| − | 4. The fullness of the gospel shines,<br>
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| − | With glorious and resplendent rays;<br>
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| − | The earth and heav'ns show forth their signs<br>
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| − | As tokens of the latter days.
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| − | 5. Ye chosen twelve, to you are given,<br>
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| − | The keys of this last minitry -<br>
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| − | To every nation under heaven,<br>
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| − | From land to land, from sea to sea.
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| − | 6. First to the Gentiles, sound the news<br>
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| − | Throughout Columbia's happy land,<br>
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| − | And then before it reach the Jews,<br>
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| − | Prepare on Europe's shores to stand.
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| − | 7. Let Europe's towns and cities hear<br>
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| − | The gospel tidings angels bring;<br>
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| − | The Gentile nations far and near,<br>
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| − | Prepare their hearts His praise to sing.
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| − | 8. India's and Afric's sultry plains<br>
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| − | Must hear the tidings as they roll -<br>
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| − | Where darkness, death and sorrow reign -<br>
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| − | And tyranny has long controled.
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| − | 9. Listen, ye islands of the sea -<br>
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| − | For every isle shall hear the sound:<br>
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| − | Nations and tongues before unknown,<br>
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| − | Though long since lost shall soon be found.
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| − | 10. And then again shall Asia hear,<br>
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| − | Where angels first the news proclaimed;<br>
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| − | Eternity shall record bear,<br>
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| − | And Earth repeat the loud amen.
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| − | 11. The nations catch the pleasing sound,<br>
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| − | And Jew and Gentile swell the strain,<br>
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| − | Hosanna o'er the earth resound,<br>
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| − | Messiah then will come to reign.
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| − | [[category:Hymns]]
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| − | [[category:Public Domain]]
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| − | [[category:Public Domain Lyrics]]
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| − | [[category:Lyrics]]
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